-oidea

== Translingual == === Alternative forms === -idea === Etymology === New Latin, from Latin neuter plural form of -oideus (“resembling”). By surface analysis, -o- +‎ -idea. === Suffix === -oidea n pl (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 ==== Derived terms ==== See Category:mul:Taxonomic names (superfamily) === See also === -idae -aceae === References === "-oidea" in Dictionary.com. Article 29 in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.