Word: allopreening
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
llo
pree
ning
Definition: The mutual preening of two birds
Morphemes:
Affix: allo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: different, other
Affix: preen
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: proignier
Language: fro
Decoded: proignier
Meaning: to trim the feathers with the beak
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.