Word: preventral
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pre
ven
tral
Definition: In snakes, any of a set of scales positioned anterior to the ventral scales and are wider than they are long, but not coming into contact with the paraventral row of dorsal scales on either side of the body.
Morphemes:
Affix: pre-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; physically in front of; anterior.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: before; in front
Affix: ventral
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: vent
Language: en
Decoded: vent
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
Affix: -er
Language: en
Decoded: -er
Meaning: agent noun
Affix: -ālis
Language: la
Decoded: -alis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives of relationship from nouns or numerals.