Word: choanoskeleton
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: choa
nos
ke
le
ton
Definition: The calcareous structure, in sponges, that supports the choanosome
Morphemes:
Affix: choano-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Funnel.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: χοάνη
Language: grc
Decoded: khoane
Meaning: funnel
Affix: skeleton
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: σκέλλω
Language: grc
Decoded: skello
Meaning: to dry up, parch
Affix: -τός
Language: grc
Decoded: -tos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either active or passive