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-idae
Zoology.
- a suffix of the names of families:
Canidae.
-idae
suffix forming nouns
- indicating names of zoological families
Felidae
Hominidae
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Word History and Origins
Origin of -idae1
New Latin, from Latin, from Greek -idai, suffix indicating offspring
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