cauda galli

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cauda gallī (“tail of a cock”).

Noun

cauda galli

  1. (archaic, paleontology) A feathery-shaped fossil, apparently a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks.

References

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