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• 1Forming adjectives and nouns from names of places.

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  • ‘Cuban’

  1. 1.1Forming adjectives and nouns from names of systems.
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     • ‘Anglican’
  2. 1.2Forming adjectives and nouns from names of zoological classes or orders.
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     • ‘crustacean’
  3. 1.3Forming adjectives and nouns from names of founders or leaders.
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     • ‘Lutheran’

• 2Chemistry
  Forming names of organic compounds, chiefly polysaccharides.

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  • ‘dextran’