Word: silkworm
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: silk
worm
Definition: Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.
Morphemes:
Affix: silk
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: Σήρ
Language: grc
Decoded: Ser
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a silkworm
Affix: -ῐκός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ikos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to noun stems to form adjectives: of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
Affix: worm
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms.