-arioidea

Morpheme

-arioidea

Type

suffix

Denotation

taxonomic suffix naming superfamilies corresponding to -arium and -aria nouns

Etymology

suffixal construction from -arium, -aria + -o- + -id(e) a

Evidence

Cancellarioidea, Filarioidea, Furnarioidea, Gracillarioidea, Incurvarioidea, Loricarioidea

See Also

-arium, -aria, -o-, -idea