Animal Adjectives List
Animal adjectives are terms such as bovine, meaning of, relating to, or resembling a cow. As an example one may use the term "the dancer moved with feline grace" which means the dancer moved as gracefully as a cat. The I-N-E adjective suffix traces back to Greek and Latin.
Listed below in the following table is a collection of adjectives relating to a variety of animals
Animal Adjectives
| Animal Name | Animal Adjective |
|---|---|
| alligator | eusuchian |
| ant | formicine, myrmecine |
| anteater | myrmecophagine |
| antelope | alcelaphine, bubaline, antilopine |
| ape | simian |
| armadillo | tolypeutine |
| ass | asinine |
| badger | musteline |
| barracuda | percesocine |
| bat | pteropine, noctilionine |
| bear | ursine |
| bee | apiarian |
| bird | avian, muscicapine, oscine (song) passerine (perching), penduline, volucrine |
| bison | bisontine |
| buffalo | bubaline |
| bull | taurine |
| butterfly | pieridine, pierine |
| calf | vituline |
| camel | cameline |
| cat | feline |
| chamois | rupicaprine |
| chicken | galline |
| civet | viverrine |
| cobra | elapine |
| coral | coralline |
| cow | bovine |
| crab | cancrine |
| crocodile | crocodilian |
| deer | cervine, elaphine |
| dodo | didine |
| dog | canine |
| dolphin | delphine |
| dormouse | myoxine |
| dragon | draconine |
| earthworm | lumbricine |
| elephant | elephantine |
| elk | cervine |
| ermine | musteline |
| ferret | musteline |
| fish | piscine |
| flea | pulicine |
| flying fox | pteropine |
| fox | vulpine |
| frog | ranine |
| gazelle | gazelline |
| gerbil | cricetine |
| gibbon | hylobatine |
| giraffe | giraffine |
| goat | caprine, hircine (smelly) |
| hamster | cricetine |
| hare | leporine |
| hippopotamus | hippopotamine |
| hog | suilline |
| hornet | vespine |
| horse | equine |
| human | hominine |
| hyena | hyenine |
| kangaroo | macropodine |
| leech | hirudine |
| lemming | microtine |
| lemur | lemurine |
| leopard | pardine |
| limpet | patelline |
| lion | leonine |
| lizard | lacertilian, saurian |
| lobster | homarine |
| louse | pediculine |
| manatee | manatine |
| marten | musteline |
| mink | musteline |
| mite | acarine |
| mole | talpine |
| mongoose | viverrine, herpestine |
| moose | cervine |
| mosquito | aedine, anopheline |
| moth | arctian |
| mouse | murine |
| octopus | octopine |
| opposum | didelphine |
| oryx | orygine |
| otter | lutrine |
| ox | bovine |
| oyster | ostracine |
| panther | pantherine |
| pig | porcine, suilline |
| polecat | musteline |
| porcupine | hystricine |
| porpoise | phocaenine |
| python | pythonine |
| rabbit | lapine |
| raccoon | procyonine |
| ram | arietine |
| rat | murine |
| rattlesnake | crotaline |
| reptile | reptilian, serpentine |
| reindeer | rangiferine |
| rhinoceros | ceratorhine |
| rodent | glirine |
| roebuck | capreoline |
| sable | zibeline |
| salamander | salamandrine |
| sea horse | hippocampine |
| sea lion | otarine |
| seal | phocine, otarine |
| serpent | serpentine |
| sheep | ovine |
| shrew | soricine |
| silkworm | bombycine |
| skunk | musteline |
| slug | limacine |
| smelt | atherine |
| snake | anguine, elapine, colubrine (garter,king) ophidian, reptilian, serpentine, viperine |
| squirrel | sciurine |
| stag | cervine, elaphine |
| stoat | musteline |
| sturgeon | acipenserine |
| termite | termitine |
| tick | acarine |
| tiger | tigrine |
| toad | batrachian |
| tortoise | chelonian, testudine |
| turtle | chelonian |
| vole | microtine |
| wasp | vespine |
| weasel | musteline |
| wolf | lupine |
| wombat | phascolomian |
| worm | vermian |
| zebra | zebrine, hippotigrine |
Specific Bird Adjectives
| Animal Name | Animal Adjective |
|---|---|
| blackbird | icterine |
| bluebird | turdine |
| bullfinch | pyrrhuline |
| bunting | emberizine, pyrrhuloxine |
| buzzard | buteonine, cathartine |
| cardinal | pyrrhuloxine |
| cormorant | phalacrocoracine |
| crane | alectorine |
| crow | corvine |
| cuckoo | cuculine |
| dove | columbine |
| duck | anatine, fuliguline |
| eagle | aquiline |
| falcon | accipitrine |
| finch | fringilline |
| goose | anserine |
| gull | larine |
| hawk | accipitrine, falconine |
| hummingbird | trochiline |
| jay | garruline |
| kestrel | falconine |
| kingfisher | halcyonine |
| kite | milvine |
| macaw | psittacine |
| magpie | garruline |
| mallard | anatine |
| martin | hirundine |
| meadowlark | icterine |
| mockingbird | mimine |
| nightingale | philomelian |
| oriole | icterine |
| ostrich/emu/rhea | strutious |
| parrot | psittacine |
| partridge | perdicine |
| peacock | pavonine |
| pheasant | alectorine, phasianine |
| pigeon | pullastrine |
| plover | charadrine |
| quail | coturnine |
| raven | corvine |
| robin | turdine |
| skylark | alaudine |
| snipe | charadrine |
| songbird | oscine |
| sparrow | passerine |
| stork | ciconine |
| swallow | hirundine |
| swan | cygnine |
| swift | cypseline |
| turkey | meleagrine |
| vulture | vulturine |
| woodcock | charadrine, scolopacine |
| wren | troglodytine |