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-idae

-idae

Zoology.
a suffix of the names of families: Canidae.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin, Latin < Greek -idai, plural of -idēs offspring of; akin to -id1
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-idae is always a great word to know.
So is reptile. Does it mean:
cold-blooded vertebrate such as turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians and tuatara
vertebrate with body hair that nourishes young with milk from mammary glands
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-idae
 
suffix forming nouns
indicating names of zoological families: Felidae; Hominidae
 
[New Latin, from Latin, from Greek -idai, suffix indicating offspring]

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