Word: scissorstail
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: scis
sors
tail
Definition: A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the southern United States and Mexico, with a deeply forked tail, and coloured fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.
Morphemes:
Affix: scissor
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: One blade on a pair of scissors.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: caedere
Language: la
Decoded: caedere
Meaning: to cut
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the word bearing the marker.
Affix: tail
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.