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subcontemporaneous

subcontemporaneous adjective: beneath (and therefore older than) a contemporaneous layer or site.

Adjective

subcontemporaneous (comparative more subcontemporaneous, superlative most subcontemporaneous)

  1. beneath (and therefore older than) a contemporaneous layer or site
    • The ichthyological diversity registered confirms the presence of a permanent freshwater environment in the African northern region with a probable hydrological system of significant size and including streams and possibly lakes or ponds (see also environmental discussion on the subcontemporaneous...2015 December 17, “A Fish Assemblage from the Middle Eocene from Libya (Dur At-Talah) and the Earliest Record of Modern African Fish Genera”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of subcontemporaneous

comparativemore subcontemporaneous
superlativemost subcontemporaneous

Origin of subcontemporaneous

From sub- + contemporaneous.

Questions about subcontemporaneous

What does subcontemporaneous mean?
Subcontemporaneous means beneath (and therefore older than) a contemporaneous layer or site.
What part of speech is subcontemporaneous?
Subcontemporaneous is an adjective.

Words near subcontemporaneous in the dictionary

  1. subconstraints
  2. subconstruct
  3. subconstructs
  4. subcontainer
  5. subcontainers
  6. subcontemporaneous
  7. subcontent
  8. subcontents
  9. subcontest
  10. subcontests
  11. subcontext

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