-id3 Syllabification: (-id)Definition of -id suffix forming nouns: 1 Zoology denoting an animal belonging to a family with a name ending in -idae or to a class with a name ending in -ida:carabid arachnid 2denoting a member of a specified dynasty or family:Achaemenid Sassanid 3 Astronomy denoting a meteor in a shower radiating from a specified constellation:Geminids denoting a star of a class like one in a specified constellation:cepheidOrigin:from or suggested by Latin -ides (plural -idae, -ida), from Greek-id in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of -id in the British & World English dictionary
