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-idae

Zoology.

a suffix of the names of families: Canidae.

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Nearby words

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

Origin of -idae

< New Latin, Latin < Greek -idai, plural of -idēs offspring of; akin to -id1
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British Dictionary definitions for -idae

-idae

suffix forming nouns

indicating names of zoological familiesFelidae; Hominidae

Word Origin for -idae

New Latin, from Latin, from Greek -idai, suffix indicating offspring
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