-inae

Zoology.

a suffix of the names of subfamilies.

Origin of -inae

< New Latin, Latin, feminine plural of -inus; see -ine1

Words nearby -inae

-ile, -ility, -im, -in, -ina, -inae, -ine, -ing, -ion, -ior, -ious

British Dictionary definitions for -inae

-inae

suffix forming plural proper nouns

occurring in names of zoological subfamilies Felinae

Word Origin for -inae

New Latin, from Latin, feminine plural of -īnus -ine 1