词根词缀：-an, -ane

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; pertaining to, like; connected with, belonging to, resembling

【同源单词】American, amphibian, Chicagoan, crustacean, Cuban, cygnean

词根词缀：-ian

【来源及含义】Latin: suffix form of -an from -ianus, a modifier of the main word to which it is attached: belonging to, coming from, being involved in, or being like something

【相关描述】Appearing in such words as comedian, egalitarian, Bostonian, Italian, Smithsonian, mathematician, Alabamian, Californian, Arizonian, and Canadian. It is attached to the root of common or proper nouns with the meanings "of, pertaining to, from", or "like" the proper name appearing in the stem.

【同源单词】abecedarian, academician, acanthopterygian, acararian, acoustician, aeolian

词根词缀：ophio-, ophi-, ophid-, -ophis; -ophidio, -ophidia

【来源及含义】Greek: snake, snakelike, serpent

【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "snakes or other reptiles": angui-; coluber-; herpeto-; reptil-; sauro-.

【同源单词】Carphophis, Hydrophid, Hydrophis, ophic, ophicalcite, Ophicephalidae