Word: pleurodonts
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pleu
ro
donts
Definition: Plural of pleurodont; an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets
Morphemes:
Affix: pleura
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Plural of pleuron. A lateral sclerite of a thoracic segment of an arthropod between the tergum and the sternum.
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.
Affix: -o-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -o-
Language: la
Decoded: -o-
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Suffix forming nominal compounds (such as Gallo-Greek from Gallic and Greek ).
Affix: -odont
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: tooth; toothed
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ὀδούς
Language: grc
Decoded: odous
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A tooth, tusk
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.