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-odontia

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• -oid

  a suffix meaning “resembling,” “like,” used in the formation of adjectives and nouns (and often implying an incomplete or imperfect resemblance to what is indicated by the preceding element): alkaloid; anthropoid; cardioid; cuboid; lithoid; ovoid; planetoid. compare -ode1 . -oid suffix, suffix indicating likeness, resemblance, or similarity anthropoid word origin from greek -oeidēs resembling, form […]

• -oidea

  a suffix used in the names of zoological cl-sses or entomological superfamilies. -oidea suffix forming the names of zoological cl-sses or superfamilies crinoidea, canoidea word origin from new latin, from latin -oīdēs-oid

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