Word: blepharoplasts
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ble
phar
op
lasts
Definition: Plural of blepharoplast; a protein structure found at the base of a eukaryotic undulipodium (cilium or flagellum)
Morphemes:
Affix: blepharo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Having a feature resembling an eyelid.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: βλέφαρον
Language: grc
Decoded: blepharon
Meaning: eyelid
Affix: -plast
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A plastid; any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein
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.