Word: hydrophids
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hy
dro
phids
Definition: Plural of hydrophid. Any sea snake of the subfamily Hydrophiinae, venomous, preying on fishes, with a flattened tail for swimming.
Morphemes:
Affix: hydrophid
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any sea snake of the subfamily Hydrophiinae, venomous, preying on fishes, with a flattened tail for swimming.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: hydro-
Language: en
Decoded: hydro-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Hydrozoa; coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes
Affix: ὄφις
Language: grc
Decoded: ophis
Meaning: a small serpent
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.