Word: trophophoretic
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: tro
pho
phor
e
tic
Definition: Exhibiting trophophoresy. A form of trophobiosis in which one creature carries another creature to another location to farm it (harvest food from it, often after feeding it) there.
Morphemes:
Affix: tropho-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: nourish; nourishment.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: τρέφω
Language: grc
Decoded: trepho
Meaning: to maintain, support
Affix: -η
Language: grc
Decoded: -e
Meaning: o-grade
Affix: phoresy
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An association between two organisms in which one (e.g. a mite) travels on the body of another, without being a parasite.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: φέρω
Language: grc
Decoded: phero
Meaning: to bear, carry; to bring, fetch
Affix: -έω
Language: grc
Decoded: -eo
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and other verbs. Often, not always, added to the stems of thematic nouns or adjectives in -ος.
Affix: -σις
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process
Affix: -etic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives, meaning "pertaining to", derived from nouns, most of which end in -esis