Word: woodcocks
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: wood
cocks
Definition: Plural of woodcock; game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
Morphemes:
Affix: wood
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A peckerwood; bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
Affix: cock
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A male bird, especially.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cok
Language: enm
Decoded: cok
Meaning: rooster
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.