Word: frustules
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: fru
stules
Definition: Plural of frustule. The siliceous shell of a diatom.
Morphemes:
Affix: frustule
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The siliceous shell of a diatom; microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
Etymology Compounds: Affix: frustulum
Language: la
Decoded: frustulum
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The silica-based cell wall of a diatom; microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).