-inae

American

Zoology.

a suffix of the names of subfamilies.

-inae British

suffix

occurring in names of zoological subfamilies

Felinae

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Etymology

Origin of -inae

< New Latin, Latin, feminine plural of -inus; see -ine ¹

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-inae

Subfamily: a division of classification containing a group of closely allied genera; different from other allied groups, yet not so as to make a family series: opinionative, and ending in -inae.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

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