n. (Geog.) a large mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.
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adj. belonging to the caucasian racial group.
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n. [ Etymology uncertain. Mr. J. H. Trumbull finds the origin of caucus in the N. A. Indian word cawcawwassough or caú cau-as'u one who urges or pushes on, a promoter. See citation for an early use of the word caucus. ] A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting. [ 1913 Webster ]
This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. John Adams's Diary [ Feb. , 1763 ]. [ 1913 Webster ]
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adv. [ L. cauda tail + ad to. ] (Zool.) Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ [ L., tail of a cock. ] (Paleon.) A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks;
Cauda galli epoch (Geol.),
a. [ L. Cauda tail. Cf. Coward. ] Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]
The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
Caudal fin (Zool.),