-oidea

American  

1. a suffix used in the names of zoological classes or entomological superfamilies.

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-oidea British  

suffix

1. forming the names of zoological classes or superfamilies

   Crinoidea

   Canoidea

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Usage

What does -oidea mean? The suffix -oidea means “resembling” or "like." It is occasionally used in scientific terms, especially in the names of zoological classes.The suffix -oidea comes from Greek -oeidēs, from eîdos, meaning “form.”What are variants of -oidea?The singular form of -oidea used in many scientific and technical terms is -oid, as in cytoid. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use article on -oid.

Etymology

Origin of -oidea

< New Latin, plural of Greek -oeidēs -oid; -a ¹

Example Sentences

“Be japers! that’s an out-an’-out good oidea.

From Project Gutenberg

Super-family: a division of classification less than an order, including a series of family groups more closely related to each other than to similar groups within the order: opinionative and ending in oidea: sometimes hardly different from suborder; but lower than suborder when both terms are employed.

From Project Gutenberg

"Nivver a bit do Oi loike th' oidea av seein' thim boofalo shot onliss Oi can do th' shootin'."

From Project Gutenberg

DOOLAN—"Oi belave it will give ye more ov an oidea wot sort ov a woman me woife is."

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