Word: pufferfish
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pu
ffer
fish
Definition: Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened; puffer, blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish, globefish.
Morphemes:
Affix: puff
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A puffball; any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns shorter than more formal synonyms.
Affix: fish
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.