Word: curlews
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cur
lews
Definition: Plural of curlew; large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
Morphemes:
Affix: curlew
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A stone curlew; large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
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.