Word: hibernators
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hi
ber
na
tors
Definition: Plural of hibernator; a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression
Morphemes:
Affix: hibernate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body-temperature, slow breathing and heart-rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: hībernātus
Language: la
Decoded: hibernatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: to pass the winter
Affix: -or
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Creates an agent noun, indicating a person who does something.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).