Word: toothbills
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tooth
bills
Definition: Plural of toothbill. Didunculus strigiostris, a fruit-eating ground pigeon native to the Samoan Islands, resembling the extinct dodo.
Morphemes:
Affix: tooth
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
Affix: bill
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.