-ida

Zoology.

a suffix of the names of orders and classes: Arachnida.

Nearby words

-ically, -ice, -ician, -ics, -id, -ida, -idae, -ide, -ides, -idia, -idine

Origin of -ida

< New Latin, taken as neuter plural of Latin -idēs offspring of < Greek; see -id¹

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