Word: graptolites
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: grap
to
lites
Definition: Plural of graptolite. Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
Morphemes:
Affix: graptolite
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: γραπτός
Language: grc
Decoded: graptos
Meaning: painted, marked with letters
Affix: -lite
Language: en
Decoded: -lite
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: used to form names of rocks and minerals
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.