Word: mealybugs
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mea
ly
bugs
Definition: Plural of mealybug; scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
Morphemes:
Affix: meal
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than flour.
Affix: -y
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming diminutive nouns.
Affix: bug
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bugge
Language: enm
Decoded: bugge
Meaning: scarecrow, hobgoblin
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).