Word: tubeworm
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tube
worm
Definition: Any of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.
Morphemes:
Affix: tube
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tubus
Language: la
Decoded: tubus
Meaning: tube, pipe
Affix: worm
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms.