| 释义 |
-ae/i:/suffix forming plural nouns, used in names of animal and plant families, tribes, etc. Felidae 猫科; Rosaceae 蔷薇科 and instead of -as in the plural of many non-naturalized or unfamiliar nouns in -a derived from Latin or Greek larvae 幼虫; actiniae 海葵 构成动物及植物科、族名称的复数形式；或代替 -as 构成以 -a 结尾的拉丁或希腊非中性或罕用名词的复数形式 [pl. -ae of Latin nouns ending in -a or pl. ending -ai of some Greek nouns] |