Word: postlarval
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: post
lar
val
Definition: Relating to postlarvae; may pass through a number of larval and immature stages between hatching from their eggs and reaching their adult form
Morphemes:
Affix: post-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: after, later
Etymology Compounds: Affix: post
Language: la
Decoded: post
Meaning: after, behind
Affix: larval
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of or relating to a larva or larvae; the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose