-dytes

noun combining form

-dy·​tes

dəˌtēz

variants or less commonly -dyta

dətə,

₋dətə

: diver

—in generic names chiefly of birds

Aptenodytes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek dytēs, from dyein to enter, dive in, sink

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