Word: lyrebirds
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ly
re
birds
Definition: Plural of lyrebird. Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape
Morphemes:
Affix: lyre
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
Affix: bird
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
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.