Word: constrictors
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: con
stric
tors
Definition: Plural of constrictor; any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
Morphemes:
Affix: constrict
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cōnstrictus
Language: la
Decoded: constrictus
Meaning: compressed, contracted
Affix: -or
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Creates an agent noun, indicating a person who does something.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).