Word: octocorals
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: oc
to
co
rals
Definition: Plural of octocoral. An anthozoan of the subclass Alcyonaria, having eight-branched tentacles and eight septa
Morphemes:
Affix: octo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: eight
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ὀκτώ
Language: grc
Decoded: okto
Meaning: eight
Affix: coral
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κοράλλιον
Language: grc
Decoded: korallion
Meaning: coral
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.