Looking for the meaning or definition of the word -id? Here's what it means.
Suffix
(not productive except in zoology) of 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.
Suffix
(botany) Forming nouns from Latin or Greek roots, including certain plant names modelled on Latin sources, the names of meteors (e.g. Perseid), and the names of certain dynasties (e.g. Solomonid).
(biology) Forming common names of members of a taxon which has a name ending in -idae.
