Word: strepsirrhines
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: strep
sirrhines
Definition: Plural of strepsirrhine. Any member of the clade Strepsirrhini, one of the two suborders of primates, besides haplorhines (which includes monkeys and apes).
Morphemes:
Affix: strepsirrhine
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any member of the clade Strepsirrhini, one of the two suborders of primates, besides haplorhines (which includes monkeys and apes).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: στρέφω
Language: grc
Decoded: strepho
Meaning: to turn
Affix: -σῐς
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process
Affix: ῥινός
Language: grc
Decoded: Rinos
Meaning: nose
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).