Word: skytales
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sky
tales
Definition: Plural of skytale;  Ancient Greek: σκυτάλη skutálē "baton, cylinder", also σκύταλον skútalon) is a tool used to perform a transposition cipher, consisting of a cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which is written a message
Morphemes:
Affix: skytale
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Alternative form of scytale. A cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which a message is written, used for cryptography in ancient Greece .
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).