-inae

Morpheme

-inae

Type

suffix

Denotation

plural of Latin -ina, taxonomic suffix for naming animal subfamilies and subtribes of plants, algae, fungi, and viruses

Etymology

Latin -īnae, from -īna, from -īnus

Evidence

Acridinae, Alligatorinae, Ancylostomatinae, Apinae, Barbinae, Bovinae, Capreolinae, Caprinae, Didelphinae, Draconinae, -ellinae, Erythrininae, Falconinae, Felinae, Gerbillinae, Hippoboscinae, Hippomaninae, Ibacinae, Lorinae, Macropodinae, Murinae, Nigersaurinae, Ocypodinae, Pantherinae, Platypodinae, pulvinae, Rhyparochrominae, Salmoninae, Saxicolinae, Terebellinae, Trochilinae, Tyrannosaurinae, Ursinae, Velociraptorinae, Xenopodinae, Zygaeninae

See Also

-in(e) [-ine, -in], -inus, -inum, -ino, -ini, -ina, -ine, -itin, -itino, -inea, -ineae, -idine