Suffix
-id
(not productive except in zoology) of or pertaining to; appended to various foreign words to make an English adjective or noun form. Often added to words of Greek, sometimes Latin, origin.
Europe + -id → Europid
negro + -id → negrid
Synonyms: -al, -an, -ar, -ese, -ic, -ish, -like, -oid, -ory, -ous, -y
(botany) Forming nouns from Latin or Greek roots, including certain plant names modelled on Latin sources.
(astronomy) Forming common names of meteors from their apparent constellation of origin.
The Perseid meteor shower's radiant is in the constellation of Perseus.
(zoology) Forming common names of members of a taxon which has a name ending in -idae.
A felid is a member of Felidae.
(dentistry, paleontology) Forming names of dental features found in lower (mandibular) teeth.
protocone (“cusp of an upper molar”) + -id → protoconid (“equivalent for lower molars”)
(history) Forming the names of certain dynasties, being suffixed to the name of their progenitors and meaning "descendant(s) of".
Solomon → Solomonid, Umayya → Umayyad, Idris → Idrisid, Genghis Khan → Genghisid, Ismail Safavi → Safavid