Word: ratites
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ra
tites
Definition: Plural of ratite; flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
Morphemes:
Affix: ratite
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A bird of the order of Struthioniformes, a diverse group of large running, flightless birds, mostly extinct, but including the cassowary, elephant bird, emu, kiwi, moa, ostrich, rhea and tinamou
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ratis
Language: la
Decoded: ratis
Meaning: raft
Affix: -ite
Language: en
Decoded: -ite
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).