Word: shovelnose
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: shov
el
nose
Definition: A fish of the sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; the white sturgeon.
Morphemes:
Affix: shove
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A forward movement of packed river-ice.
Affix: -el
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Diminutive suffix in words of Germanic origin.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -el
Language: fro
Decoded: -el
Meaning: diminutive suffix
Affix: nose
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A snout, the nose of an animal.