(history) Forming the names of dynasts, being suffixed to the name of their progenitors and meaning “descendant of”. · (taxonomy) Forming the common names of members of a taxon which has a name ending in -idae.
-in
(biochemistry) Used, as a modification of -ine, to form the names of a variety of types of compound; examples include proteins (globulin), carbohydrates (dextrin), dyes (alizarin) and others (vanillin