Word: shovelfish
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sho
vel
fish
Definition: paddlefish; primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
Morphemes:
Affix: shove
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A forward movement of packed river-ice.
Affix: -el
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Diminutive suffix in words of Germanic origin.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -el
Language: fro
Decoded: -el
Meaning: diminutive suffix
Affix: fish
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.