Word: leatherjackets
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: le
ather
ja
ckets
Definition: Plural of leatherjacket; any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales
Morphemes:
Affix: leather
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Made of leather; an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
Affix: jacket
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: jaque
Language: fro
Decoded: jaque
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a gambison; a type of tight-fitting shirt
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.