-oate
a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds containing the ester or >c=o group of the compound specified by the initial element:
benzoate.
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- -ode
a suffix of nouns, appearing in loanwords from greek, where it meant “like”; used in the formation of compound words: phyllode. compare -oid. -ode2 a combining form meaning “way,” “road,” used in the formation of compound words: anode; electrode. origin -ode1 combining form denoting resemblance nematode word origin from greek -ōdēs, from eidos shape, form […]
- -odont
a combining form meaning “having teeth” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: diphyodont; selenodont. compare -odus. -odont combining form, combining form having teeth of a certain type; -toothed acrodont word origin from greek odōn tooth
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- -odus
variant of -odont, especially in the names of genera in zoology: ceratodus.