Word: pseudohalteres
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pseu
do
hal
teres
Definition: Plural of pseudohaltere. One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects ( Stylops), resembling the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera.
Morphemes:
Affix: pseudo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: False, not genuine, fake
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ψεύδω
Language: grc
Decoded: pseudo
Meaning: to lie
Affix: -ής
Language: grc
Decoded: -es
Meaning: -ής
Affix: haltere
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἅλλομαι
Language: grc
Decoded: allomai
Meaning: to jump
Affix: -τήρ
Language: grc
Decoded: -ter
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).