˜yÐÄvlog

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-oidea

  1. a suffix used in the names of zoological classes or entomological superfamilies.


-oidea

suffix forming plural proper nouns

  1. forming the names of zoological classes or superfamilies

    Crinoidea

    Canoidea

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of -oidea1

< New Latin, plural of Greek -´Ç±ð¾±»åŧ²õ -oid; -a 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of -oidea1

from New Latin, from Latin -´ÇÄ«»åŧ²õ -oid
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Example Sentences

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“Be japers! that’s an out-an’-out good oidea.

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Super-family: a division of classification less than an order, including a series of family groups more closely related to each other than to similar groups within the order: opinionative and ending in oidea: sometimes hardly different from suborder; but lower than suborder when both terms are employed.

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"Nivver a bit do Oi loike th' oidea av seein' thim boofalo shot onliss Oi can do th' shootin'."

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DOOLAN—"Oi belave it will give ye more ov an oidea wot sort ov a woman me woife is."

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