Word: azooxanthellates
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
zoo
xan
the
llates
Definition: Plural of azooxanthellate. Not zooxanthellate.
Morphemes:
Affix: a-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Not, without, opposite of.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἀ-
Language: grc
Decoded: a-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: The alpha privativum, used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. It is also known as privative a and alpha privative.
Affix: zooxanthella
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of various typically yellow-brown dinoflagellates (originally grouped as genus Zooxanthella) now assigned to the genera Symbiodinium and Amphidinium, notably found in coral reefs.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ζῷον
Language: grc
Decoded: zoon
Meaning: animal
Affix: ξανθός
Language: grc
Decoded: xanthos
Meaning: yellow
Affix: -ella
Language: en
Decoded: -ella
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A suffix used to form taxonomic names, of genera of bacteria.
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: characterized by the specified thing
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).