Word: electrolocation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: e
lec
tro
lo
ca
tion
Definition: the ability of an animal to detect an object by its distortion of the animal's electric field, as in the electric fishes such as the electric eel.
Morphemes:
Affix: electro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: electricity or electrical
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἤλεκτρον
Language: grc
Decoded: elektron
Meaning: amber
Affix: locate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To find out where something is located.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: locātus
Language: la
Decoded: locatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: put, placed, having been set.
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.