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suffix
1Forming ancient or Latinized modern names of animals and plants.
- ‘primula’
2Forming names of oxides.
- ‘baryta’
3Forming geographical names.
- ‘Africa’
4Forming ancient or Latinized modern feminine forenames.
- ‘Lydia’
5Forming nouns from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
‘duenna’- ‘stanza’
Origin
Representing a Greek, Latin, or Romance feminine singular.
suffix
1Forming plural nouns from Greek or Latin neuter plurals corresponding to a singular in -um or -on (such as addenda, phenomena).
2Forming plural nouns in names (often from modern Latin) of zoological groups.
‘Insectivora’- ‘Protista’
suffix
informal1Of.
- ‘coupla’
2Have.
- ‘mighta’
3To.
- ‘oughta’
Origin
Representing a casual pronunciation.
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