-id

alternative archaic -ide

1. historyForming the names of dynasts, being suffixed to the name of their progenitors and meaning “descendant of”.

   Osman + -id → Osmanid

   5 more examples

   Perseus + -id → Perseid (dynast)

   Solomon + -id → Solomonid

   Umayya + -(i)d → Umayyad

   Genghis + -id → Genghisid

   [Ismail] Safavi + -(i)d → Safavid

2. biologyForming the common names of members of a taxon which has a name ending in -idae.

   A felid is a member of Felidae.

3. biologyForming the names of cusps or other features of lower (mandibular) teeth.

   protocone (“cusp of upper molars”) + -id → protoconid (“equivalent for lower molars”)

4. biologyForming nouns from Latin or Greek roots, including certain plant names modelled on Latin sources.

alternative archaic -ide

1. human sciencesForming names of feminine equivalents or of feminine descendants from a masculine name.

   Titan + -id → Titanid, literally “female Titan”

   4 more examples

   Nereus + -id → Nereid, literally “sprung of Nereus”

   Oceanus + -id → Oceanid, literally “sprung of Oceanus”

   Perseus + -id → Perseid, literally “sprung of Perseus” (an epithet of Alcmene, grand-daughter of Perseus)

   Danaus + -id → Danaid, literally “sprung of Danaus”

2. literatureForming the names of epic poems.

   Aeneas + -id → Aeneid

   2 more examples

   Achilles + -id → Achilleid

   Perseus + -id → Perseid (epic poem)

3. astronomyForming common names of meteors from their apparent constellation of origin.

   Gemini + -id → Geminid

   1 more example

   Perseus + -id → Perseid (meteor)

alternative archaic -ide

1. not productive outside zoologyof or pertaining to; appended to various foreign words to make an English adjective or noun form. Often added to words of Greek, sometimes Latin, origin.

   falcon + -id → falconid

   1 more example

   arachno- + -id → arachnid

   Synonyms: -al, -an, -ite, -ar, -ese, -ic, -ish, -like