Word: coelacanths
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: co
e
la
canths
Definition: Plural of coelacanth; fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
Morphemes:
Affix: coelacanth
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes, thought until 1938 to have been extinct for 70 million years.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κοῖλος
Language: grc
Decoded: koilos
Meaning: hollow
Affix: ἀκή
Language: grc
Decoded: ake
Meaning: thorn
Affix: ἄνθος
Language: grc
Decoded: anthos
Meaning: flower
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.