-acea
suffix forming plural proper nouns
denoting animals belonging to a class or order
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Crustacea (class)
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Cetacea (order)
Origin
New Latin, from Latin, neuter plural of -āceus -aceous-acea
Word Origin
Zoology.
1
a suffix used in the formation of names of classes and orders:
Crustacea.
Origin
< Latin, neuter pl, with collective meaning, of -āceus. See -aceous
Related Words
- -aceous
- cetacean
- crustacean
-aceaa suffix of (Latin) names or classes and orders of animals, as in Crustacea.
[Latin, neuter plural of -āceus. See -aceous]-acea
suffix
- Zoology forming the names of zoological groups【动】［构成动物学类群名称］表示“…纲”, “…目”：
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Crustacea.
比较-ACEAN.
词源
from Latin, 'of the nature of ', neuter plural adjectival ending.
-acea
word-forming element denoting orders and classes in zoology, from Latin -acea, neuter plural of -aceus "belonging to, of the nature of" (enlarged from adjectival suffix -ax, genitive -acis); neuter plural because of a presumed animalia, a neuter plural noun. Thus, crustacea "shellfish" are *crustacea animalia "crusty animals." In botany, the suffix is -aceae, from the fem. plural of -aceus, with reference to Latin plantae, which is a fem. plural.
-acea
characterized by animals:
characterized by animals:
cetacea, crustacea
-a·cea
\ˈāsh(ē)ə\ noun plural suffix
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, neuter plural of -aceus -aceous
: animals characterized by : animals of the nature of
< Cetacea >
< Crustacea >
— in names of zoological divisions larger than a genus, especially orders and classes
< Cetacea >
< Crustacea >
— in names of zoological divisions larger than a genus, especially orders and classes