decaudate

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ caudate.

Verb

decaudate (third-person singular simple present decaudates, present participle decaudating, simple past and past participle decaudated)

1. (transitive) To remove the tail from.
   • 1937, Technology Review, volume 40, page 100:

     One machine in which Mr. Taylor takes special pride is a salmon canner, which engulfs a whole salmon, decapitates and decaudates it, skins it, blows out its viscera, cuts it into pieces, deposits them in the can, sterilizes them […]