Word: palmerworms
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pal
mer
worms
Definition: Plural of palmerworm. A gelechiid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, destructive to fruit trees.
Morphemes:
Affix: palmer
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: abbreviation of palmerworm. Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: palma
Language: la
Decoded: palma
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a thraex
Affix: -ier
Language: fro
Decoded: -ier
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: indicates location, where one lives
Affix: worm
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.