Word: sticklebacks
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sti
ckle
backs
Definition: Plural of stickleback; small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
Morphemes:
Affix: stickleback
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any one of numerous species of small fish of the family Gasterosteidae. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct nests from weeds.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sticel
Language: ang
Decoded: sticel
Meaning: sticel
Affix: bæc
Language: ang
Decoded: baec
PoS: Noun
Meaning: back
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.