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-idae

American  
Zoology.

  1. a suffix of the names of families.

    Canidae.
-idae British  

suffix

  1. 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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