-idae


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

Origin of -idae

1
<New Latin, Latin <Greek -idai, plural of -idēs offspring of; akin to -id1

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British Dictionary definitions for -idae

-idae

suffix forming nouns
  1. indicating names of zoological families: Felidae; Hominidae

Origin of -idae

1
New Latin, from Latin, from Greek -idai, suffix indicating offspring

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