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caudocephalic

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English

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Etymology

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From caudo- +‎ cephalic.

Adjective

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caudocephalic (not comparable)

  1. Going from the tail to the head.
    • 2016 January 16, “Male Courtship Pheromones Induce Cloacal Gaping in Female Newts (Salamandridae)”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      Cloacal gaping as a female response to males is also known in several snake species, where males perform caudocephalic waving (i.e. muscular contractions from cloaca to head) towards females [42 ,43 ], and the female responds by lifting her tail and gaping her cloaca [44 ,45 ].
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