Word: hectad
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hec
tad
Definition: A unit of land area, ten by ten (that is, a hundred) square kilometres, often used for assessing how widely distributed particular animals or plants are.
Morphemes:
Affix: hect-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Form of hecto-;meaning 100; usedbefore a vowel.
Affix: -ad
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: a unit or set (especially of a specified number)
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -άς
Language: grc
Decoded: -as
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract or collective nouns of number from numerals.