Word: culvertailed
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: cul
ver
tailed
Definition: dovetailed; fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
Morphemes:
Affix: culver
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: columbula
Language: la
Decoded: columbula
Meaning: little pigeon
Affix: tail
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: As an extension of the above, when used along with an adjective preceding the noun, describes something that has an object of a particular quality.