Word: springtail
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: spring
tail
Definition: Any of various wingless hexapods, of the subclass Collembola, with spring-like legs.
Morphemes:
Affix: spring
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: springen
Language: enm
Decoded: springen
Meaning: to burst or flow forth, to sprout, to emerge, to happen, to become known, to sprinkle
Affix: tail
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.