-idea

Morpheme

-idea

Type

suffix

Denotation

taxonomic suffix naming a superfamily

Etymology

New Latin -oīdea, from -oīdeus, from -oīdēs; Ancient Greek -oeidēs, from eîdos

Evidence

Allosauroidea, Ammonoidea, Anthropoidea, Araneoidea, Arctoidea, Booidea, Ceratopsoidea, Coccidea, Cyclophyllidea, Lestoidea, Muscoidea, -oidea, Pseudophyllidea, Rajoidea, Tyrannosauroidea

See Also

-id, -ideae