Word: heterozygotes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: he
ter
o
zy
gotes
Definition: Plural of heterozygote; an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring
Morphemes:
Affix: hetero-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: other, different
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἕτερος
Language: grc
Decoded: eteros
Meaning: other, another, different
Affix: zygote
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A fertilized egg cell.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ζυγωτός
Language: grc
Decoded: zugotos
Meaning: yoked
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.