Word: tailhooks
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tail
hooks
Definition: Plural of tailhook; a device attached to the empennage (rear) of some military fixed-wing aircraft
Morphemes:
Affix: tail
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
Affix: hook
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.