Word: mosquitoes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mos
qui
toes
Definition: Plural of mosquito; two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
Morphemes:
Affix: mosquito
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria and yellow fever.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: musca
Language: la
Decoded: musca
Meaning: fly
Affix: -es
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the regular plural of nouns