Word: imposex
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: im
po
sex
Definition: The development in certain marine gastropod mollusks of sex organs in contrast to their actual gender, the result of toxic pollutants.
Morphemes:
Affix: impose
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in
Language: la
Decoded: in
Meaning: on, upon
Affix: ponere
Language: la
Decoded: ponere
Meaning: to put, place
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.
Affix: sex
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sexus
Language: la
Decoded: sexus
Meaning: gender; gender traits; males or females; genitals