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-inae

American  
Zoology.

  1. a suffix of the names of subfamilies.

-inae British  

suffix

  1. occurring in names of zoological subfamilies

    Felinae
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Etymology

Origin of -inae

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

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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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