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 Name | Animal Adjective |
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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 |
Animal Name | Animal Adjective |
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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 |