-oidea
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from Latin neuter plural form of -oideus (“resembling”)
Suffix edit
-oidea
- (taxonomy) Used to form names of superfamilies of animals. Name may be conserved when the rank is changed, as to a parv-, infra-, or suborder, or an order or higher rank. Previously used to form names of higher rank, eg, class, which are often conserved