-an, -ane (Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; pertaining to, like; connected with, belonging to, resembling)
American
amphibian
A cold-blooded vertebrate that spends some time on land but must breed and develop into an adult in water. Frogs, salamanders, and toads are amphibians.
Chicagoan
crustacean
Cuban
cygnean
dextran
diluvian
Pertaining to a deluge, or flood; diluvial.
dipteran
equestrian
European
formican
gephyrean
heliozoan
A free-living, usually freshwater, protozoan that has a spherical shell and radiating projections.
Heliozoa, or sun animalcules, are roughly spherical amoeboids with many stiff, microtubule-supported projections called axopods radiating outward from the cell surface.
These give them the characteristic sun-like appearance for which they are named, and are variously used for capturing food, sensation, movement, and attachment. They may be found in both fresh water and marine environments.
human
1. Of, pertaining to, or typical of humans or humankind.
2. Having or exhibiting the form, nature, or qualities typical of humans.
3. Made up of people.
4. Essentially a classifying term relating to individuals or people collectively.
5. Etymology: from Old French humain from Latin humanus.
Like homo, "person" (man, woman, child), this was related to Latin humus, "earth", and was used originally for "people" in the sense "earthly beings" in contrast with the immortal gods.
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