Word: pelicans
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pe
li
cans
Definition: Plural of pelican; large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
Morphemes:
Affix: pelican
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pelecānus
Language: la
Decoded: pelecanus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: pelican
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.