Word: graptolite
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: grap
to
lite
Definition: Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
Morphemes:
Affix: graptolite
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: γραπτός
Language: grc
Decoded: graptos
Meaning: painted, marked with letters
Affix: -lite
Language: en
Decoded: -lite
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: used to form names of rocks and minerals