Word: posthatchlings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: post
hatch
lings
Definition: Plural of posthatchling. A young animal that is no longer a hatchling
Morphemes:
Affix: post-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: after, later
Etymology Compounds: Affix: post
Language: la
Decoded: post
Meaning: after, behind
Affix: hatch
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
Affix: -le
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A suffix forming diminutives from other nouns.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).