Word: houseflies
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hou
se
flies
Definition: Plural of housefly; common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
Morphemes:
Affix: house
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The people who live in a house; a household.
Affix: fly
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
Affix: -ies
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural forms of nouns endings in consonant-y.