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Definition of Caudata
1. Noun. Salamanders; newts; congo snakes.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Amphibia, Class Amphibia
Member holonyms: Caudate, Urodele, Family Salamandridae, Salamandridae, Ambystomatidae, Family Ambystomatidae, Cryptobranchidae, Family Cryptobranchidae, Family Proteidae, Proteidae, Dicamptodontidae, Family Dicamptodontidae, Family Plethodontidae, Plethodontidae, Amphiumidae, Family Amphiumidae, Family Sirenidae, Sirenidae
Definition of Caudata
1. n. pl. See Urodela.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caudata
Literary usage of Caudata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"Panicum caudatum Lam., Setaria setosa caudata R.&S. In tufts in sandy soil at
New Fort, Bassin. Nov. (67). Eggers Fl. 887. 107. ..."
2. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
"Of these only the two latter orders are represented within our present limits.
Order Caudata. 1806. ... Caudata OPPEL, Ordn. Kept., p. 72. 1813. ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"C. Caudata is an individual disfigured by the head of Bengalensis. (Vail. loc.
cit. p. 105. ... Caudata ..."