Word: kypes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: kypes
Definition: Plural of kype; a hook-like secondary sex characteristic which develops at the distal tip of the lower jaw in some male salmonids prior to the spawning season
Morphemes:
Affix: kype
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male salmon when it is ready to spawn.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cippus
Language: la
Decoded: cippus
Meaning: stake, post, boundary marker
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.