-idae

American

Zoology.

a suffix of the names of families.

Canidae.

-idae British

suffix

indicating names of zoological families

Felidae
Hominidae

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Etymology

Origin of -idae

< New Latin, Latin < Greek -idai, plural of -idēs offspring of; akin to -id ¹

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