Word: posteroventral
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: po
ste
ro
ven
tral
Definition: Such a structure
Morphemes:
Affix: postero-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: posterior; back
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.