Word: scissortails
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: scis
sor
tails
Definition: Plural of scissortail; grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings
Morphemes:
Affix: scissor
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: scissus
Language: la
Decoded: scissus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: broken asunder; divided or separated by force
Affix: -or
Language: la
Decoded: -or
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: used to form a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root or conceived root form
Affix: tail
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).