-idae

Zoology.

a suffix of the names of families: Canidae.

Origin of -idae

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

Words nearby -idae

-ice, -ician, -ics, -id, -ida, -idae, -ide, -ides, -idia, -idine, -idion

British Dictionary definitions for -idae

-idae

suffix forming nouns

indicating names of zoological families Felidae; Hominidae

Word Origin for -idae

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