Word: belemnite
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bel
em
nite
Definition: Any member of the extinct order †Belemnitida of Mesozoic marine cephalopods, very similar in many ways to the modern squid and closely related to the modern cuttlefish.
Morphemes:
Affix: belemnite
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any member of the extinct order †Belemnitida of Mesozoic marine cephalopods, very similar in many ways to the modern squid and closely related to the modern cuttlefish.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: βέλεμνον
Language: grc
Decoded: belemnon
Meaning: dart, arrow
Affix: -ite
Language: en
Decoded: -ite
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms.