Word: pteropod
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pter
o
pod
Definition: Any of free-swimming pelagic sea snails and sea slugs, of the suborder Thecosomata, that have winglike lobes on the feet; a sea butterfly.
Morphemes:
Affix: ptero-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: wing or feather
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πτερόν
Language: grc
Decoded: pteron
Meaning: wing, feather
Affix: -pod
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Related to or resembling a foot or similar limb.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ποδός
Language: grc
Decoded: podos
PoS: Noun
Meaning: foot