- forming adjectives such as putrid, torrid［构成形容词, 如putrid, torrid］。
词源
from French -ide from Latin -idus.
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- forming nouns such as chrysalid, pyramid构成名词（如chrysalid, pyramid）。
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- Biology forming names of structural constituents【生】［构成组织成分名称］：
plastid.
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- Botany forming names of plants belonging to a family with a name ending in -idaceae【植】［构成所属科名结尾为-idaceae的植物名称］：
orchid.
词源
from or suggested by French -ide, via Latin -idis from Greek -is, -id-.
forming nouns 构成名词：
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- Zoology denoting an animal belonging to a family with a name ending in -idae or to a class with a name ending in -ida【动】表示所属科名结尾为idae （或所属纲名结尾为-ida）的动物：
carabid
arachnid.
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- denoting a member of a specified dynasty or family表示属于指明的“…朝代”或“…家族”。
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- Astronomy denoting a meteor in a shower radiating from a specified constellation【天文】表示“…座流星雨”：
Geminids.
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- denoting a star of a class like one in a specified constellation表示“（星）…类某星座星”：
cepheid.
词源
from or suggested by Latin -ides （plural -idae, -ida）, from Greek.