Word: pearlfishes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pearl
fi
shes
Definition: Plural of pearlfish; found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds
Morphemes:
Affix: pearl
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To resemble pearl or pearls.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: perna
Language: la
Decoded: perna
Meaning: haunch; a marine bivalve shaped like a leg of lamb
Affix: fish
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Cod; codfish.
Affix: -es
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the regular plural of nouns