Word: desmids
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: des
mids
Definition: Plural of desmid; freshwater green algae
Morphemes:
Affix: desmid
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: δέω
Language: grc
Decoded: deo
Meaning: I bind
Affix: -μός
Language: grc
Decoded: -mos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.