Word: vitellophage
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: vi
te
llo
phage
Definition: Any of a class of cell, in the eggs of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids, that are not part of the future embryo, and have an uncertain function
Morphemes:
Affix: vitello-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Yolk.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: vitellus
Language: la
Decoded: vitellus
Meaning: egg yolk
Affix: -phage
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Something that eats, or consumes.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: φᾰγεῖν
Language: grc
Decoded: phagein
Meaning: to eat
Affix: -ος
Language: grc
Decoded: -os
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verbal roots to form a noun of result or an abstract noun of action.