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-dectes

noun combining form
-dec·​tes | \ ¦dek(ˌ)tēz\

Definition of -dectes

: biter —in generic names of animals Mixodectes

History and Etymology for -dectes

New Latin, from Greek dēktēs, from daknein to bite

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