Word: silverfins
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sil
ver
fins
Definition: Plural of silverfin. A small North American freshwater cyprinoid fish (Notropis whipplei, now Cyprinella whipplei).
Morphemes:
Affix: silver
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.
Affix: fin
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
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.