Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms

the roots of generic names to form the names of families of animals, and -pus is the Greek root meanin thag foot its used at the end of a word (e.g., octopus). Roots preceded by an sig equaln masy be used alone or as a terminal root; for example =buteo, fro,m the Latin and meaning a kind of hawk, is used as Buteo, a genus of hawks; and in ................
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