Word: sandflies
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sand
flies
Definition: Plural of sandfly; any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis
Morphemes:
Affix: sand
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A sandpiper; any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
Affix: fly
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
Affix: -ies
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural forms of nouns endings in consonant-y.