Word: merlings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mer
lings
Definition: Plural of merling. The fish Merlangius merlangus, endemic to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, western Baltic Sea and Black Sea.
Morphemes:
Affix: merle
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: merula
Language: la
Decoded: merula
Meaning: blackbird
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.