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   -id

   /ɪd/

   suffix

   • 1. forming nouns denoting an animal belonging to a family with a name ending in -idae or to a class with a name ending in -ida: "carabid"
   • 2. forming nouns denoting a member of a specified dynasty or family.
   • 3. forming nouns denoting a meteor in a shower radiating from a specified constellation: "Geminids"
   • ▪ forming nouns denoting a star of a class like one in a specified constellation: "cepheid"

   Word Origin from or suggested by Latin -ides (plural -idae, -ida), from Greek.

   Scrabble Points: 3

   • -

   • I

     1

   • D

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