Word: serpulite
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ser
pu
lite
Definition: A fossil serpula shell.
Morphemes:
Affix: serpula
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae that secrete a calcareous tube, usually irregularly contorted, but sometimes spirally coiled, with a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: serpula
Language: la
Decoded: serpula
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a little snake, a little serpent
Affix: -ite
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms.