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-des

a plural suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek: proboscides.

Words nearby -des

-dendron, -derm, -derma, -dermatous, -dermis, -des, -diene, -diol, -dom, -drome, -dromous

Origin of -des

< Greek, nominative plural of d-stem nouns

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