-acea


Zoology.
  1. a suffix used in the formation of names of classes and orders: Crustacea.

Origin of -acea

1
<Latin, neuter pl, with collective meaning, of -āceus.See -aceous

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British Dictionary definitions for -acea

-acea

suffix forming plural proper nouns
  1. denoting animals belonging to a class or order: Crustacea (class); Cetacea (order)

Origin of -acea

1
New Latin, from Latin, neuter plural of -āceus -aceous

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