Word: spittlebugs
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: spi
ttle
bugs
Definition: Plural of spittlebug; small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
Morphemes:
Affix: spittle
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Spit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration.
Affix: bug
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bugge
Language: enm
Decoded: bugge
Meaning: scarecrow, hobgoblin
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.