Word: leatherbacks
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: le
ather
backs
Definition: Plural of leatherback; wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
Morphemes:
Affix: leather
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Made of leather; an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bac
Language: fr
Decoded: bac
PoS: Noun
Meaning: vat
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.