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Word - rootword - affixes
simaan - sima - -an~
si.ma.an. - 3 syllables

-an = simaan
simaan

simaan [sí.mâ.an.] : barbed (adj.)
sima [sí.mâ.] : barb (n.); fluke (n.)

Derivatives of sima


Glosses:
barbed
adj. 1. barbed, biting, mordacious, nipping, pungentcapable of wounding.; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
~ sarcasticexpressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds.
adj. 2. barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thornyhaving or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
~ armed(used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns.
sima
n. (substance)1. simarock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and magnesium.
~ crust, earth's crustthe outer layer of the Earth.
~ rock, stonematerial consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust.; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
fluke
n. (phenomenon)1. fluke, good fortune, good lucka stroke of luck.
~ fortune, luckan unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome.; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"
~ serendipitygood luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries.
n. (artifact)2. flukea barb on a harpoon or arrow.
~ barba subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove.
~ harpoona spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it.
n. (artifact)3. flue, flukeflat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor.
~ anchor, ground tacklea mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving.
~ projectionany structure that branches out from a central support.
n. (animal)4. flukeeither of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean.
~ cetacean, cetacean mammal, blowerlarge aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals.
~ tailthe posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body.
n. (animal)5. fluke, trematode, trematode wormparasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host.
~ flatworm, platyhelminthparasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body.
~ class trematoda, trematodaparasitic flatworms (including flukes).
~ fasciola hepatica, liver flukeflatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans.
~ fasciolopsis buskifluke that is parasitic on humans and swine; common in eastern Asia.
~ blood fluke, schistosomeflatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals.