- -idae
- \\əˌdē\ noun plural suffix
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin (plural of -ides, masculine patronymic suffix), from Greek -idai, plural of -idēs, masculine patronymic suffix: members of the family of — in patronymic group names
Alcmaeonidae
Homeridae
Seleucidae
— in names of families of animals substituted for the last syllable of the genitive case of the name of the type genusAphididae from Aphis
Equidae from Equus
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Zool.a suffix of the names of families: Canidae.[ < NL, L < Gk -idai, pl. of -IDES offspring of; akin to -ID1]* * *
-idae /-i-dē/n sfxUsed in names of zoological families, as in Boridae, CanidaeORIGIN: L, from Gr -idai, pl of -idēs
Useful english dictionary. 2012.