Word: mouthbrooding
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mouth
broo
ding
Definition: Oral incubation; the care given by some animals, especially fishes, to their offspring by holding them in the mouth for extended periods of time.
Morphemes:
Affix: mouth
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
Affix: brood
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.