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Morpheme

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Type

suffix

Denotation

taxonomic suffix denoting “resembling”

Etymology

Latin -oīdēs; Ancient Greek -oeidēs, from eîdos

Evidence

abrotanelloides, abrotanoides, aceratoides, aceroides, achilleoides, Actenoides, adenioides, afraoides, Afrotis, Agelaioides, Ampelioides, Bacteroides, balanoides, Campicoloides, capnocytophagoides, Clostridioides, Coccidioides, coralloides, Corythaixoides, Culicoides, cyprinoides, Cypseloides, Elanoides, Emberizoides, Epactoides, ephedroides, Frullanoides, Gastrodiscoides, gentianoides, grossularioides, Himantoides, Hypocnemoides, Larinioides, Libelloides, Lichenoides, Loxioides, lycioides, lycopersicoides, Micruroides, Mycoplasmoides, -oides, Pelecanoides, Phintelloides, Polyboroides, Saurornithoides, Saxicoloides, Strongyloides, tremuloides, Turdoides, Yphthimoides, Zonitoides

See Also

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Homographs

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