Word: hawksbills
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hawks
bills
Definition: Plural of hawksbill; pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell
Morphemes:
Affix: hawk
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
Affix: -s-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds, equivalent to the possessive clitic -'s.
Affix: bill
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.