Word: sawflies
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: saw
flies
Definition: Plural of sawfly; insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
Morphemes:
Affix: saw
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A musical saw. A musical instrument consisting of a thin sheet of metal, or sometimes a saw, usually played with a bow.
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.