-dectes
noun combining form
-dec·tes
¦dek(ˌ)tēz
: biter —in generic names of animals
Mixodectes
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek dēktēs, from daknein to bite
- holdfast
- holdfastness
- holdfasts
- holding
- holding (in)
- holding (past)
- holding a brief for
- holding a candle to
- holding against
- holding attack
- holding back
- holding company
- holding down
- holding forth
- holding fund
- holding ground
- holding in
- holding method
- holding off
- holding off (on)
- holding off on
- holding on
- holding on to
- holding one's breath
- holding one's horses