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-ine

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Of or pertaining to.

Other meanings

2. suffix

Used to form demonyms.

3. suffix

Used to form names of chemical substances, especially basic (alkaline) substances, alkaloidal substances, or halogen elements.

4. suffix

used to form vernacular nouns and adjectives relating to hominoid genera

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