Word: speculum
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: spec
u
lum
Definition: A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
Morphemes:
Affix: speculum
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: specere
Language: la
Decoded: specere
Meaning: to see; to look at
Affix: -ulum
Language: la
Decoded: -ulum
Meaning: forming tools of performing a verb