Word: postpliocene
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: post
pli
o
cene
Definition: After the Pliocene epoch; from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals
Morphemes:
Affix: post-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: after, later
Etymology Compounds: Affix: post
Language: la
Decoded: post
Meaning: after, behind
Affix: Pliocene
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5. 3to 1. 7million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πλείων
Language: grc
Decoded: pleion
Meaning: more
Affix: καινός
Language: grc
Decoded: kainos
Meaning: new