Word: neuroecology
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: neu
roe
co
lo
gy
Definition: The study of the ecological effects of neuroethology; the evolutionary and comparative approach to the study of animal behavior and its underlying mechanistic control by the nervous system
Morphemes:
Affix: neuro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: nerves, nerve tissue, or the nervous system.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: νευρο-
Language: grc
Decoded: neuro-
Meaning: νευρο-
Affix: ecology
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: οἶκος
Language: grc
Decoded: oikos
Meaning: house
Affix: λόγος
Language: grc
Decoded: logos
Meaning: explanation
Affix: -ῐ́ᾱ
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns