CAUDAL Meaning of CAUDAL in English [ 'kɔ:d(ə)l ]■ adjective of or like a tail. ↘at or near the tail or the posterior part of the body.Derivatives~ly adverb OriginC17: from mod. L. ~is , from L. cauda 'tail'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004