Word: postquadrate
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: post
qua
drate
Definition: Behind the quadrate bone. A bone between the base of the lower jaw and the skull in most vertebrates other than mammals. In reptiles and birds it articulates the lower jaw with the skull; in mammals it is represented by the incus.
Morphemes:
Affix: post-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: behind
Etymology Compounds: Affix: post
Language: la
Decoded: post
Meaning: after, behind
Affix: quadrate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The quadrate bone; rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Etymology Compounds: Affix: quadrātus
Language: la
Decoded: quadratus
Meaning: square