Sunday, June 2, 2019

Word(s) of the Week 06/02/19: Animal adjectives using the -ine suffix

acarine (mite, tick)
aedine, anopheline, culucine (mosquito)
alcelaphine, antilopine, bubaline (antelope)
anguine, anguilline, aspine, ophidian, serpentine, viperine (snake)
 - colubrine (gartersnake, king snake)
 - crotaline (rattlesnake)
 - elapine (cobra, coral snake, mamba)
 - pythonine (python)
arietine (ram)
asinine (donkey)

avine (bird)
 - accipitrinefalconine (falcon, hawk, kestrel)
 - alaudine (skylark)
 - alcidine (auk, puffin)
 - alectorine, gruine (crane)
 - anatine, fuliguline (duck)
 - anserine (goose)
 - aquiline (eagle)
 - buteonine, cathartine, vulturine (vulture, buzzard)
 - charadrine, scolopacine (plover, snipe, woodcock)
 - ciconine (stork)
 - columbine (dove, pigeon)
 - corvine (crow, jackdaw, raven)
 - coturnine (quail)
 - cuculine (cuckoo)
 - cygnine, cynine (swan)
 - cypseline (swift)
 - dacelonine (kingfisher)
 - didine (dodo)
 - dinorthine (moa)
 - emberizine (sparrow)
 - fringilline (finch)
 - galline (chicken)
 - garruline (jay, magpie)
 - halcyonine (kingfisher)
 - hirundine, sturnine (starling, swallow)
 - ibidine (ibis)
 - icterine (blackbird, meadowlark, oriole)
 - laridine, larine (gull)
 - meleagrine (turkey)
 - milvine (kite)
 - mimine (mockingbird)
 - pandionine (osprey)
 - passerine (sparrow)
 - pavonine (peacock)
 - perdicine (partridge)
 - phalacrocoracine (cormorant)
 - phasianine (pheasant)
 - phoenicopterine (flamingo)
 - picine (woodpecker)
 - psittacine (macaw, parrot)
 - pullastrine (pigeon)
 - pyrrhuline (bullfinch)
 - strigine (owl)
 - struthionine (ostrich, emu, rhea)
 - tetraonine (grouse)
 - trigine (sandpiper)
 - trochilidine, trochiline (hummingbird)
 - troglodytine (wren)
 - turdine (bluebird, robin, thrush)
basilicine (basilisk lizard)
bisontine (bison)
bombycine (silkworm)
bovine, vaccine (cow, ox, yak)
bubaline (buffalo)
bufotenine (toad)
caballine, equine (horse)
cameline (camel)
cancrine (crab)
canine (dog)
caprine, hircine  (goat)
cebine (capuchin monkey)
ceratorhine, rhinerocerine (rhinoceros)
cercopithecine (monkey)
cervine, elaphine, rusine (deer, elk, moose)
cetacine (whale)
 - delphine, delphinine (dolphin)
 - megapterine (humpback whale)
 - phocaenine (porpoise)
cricetine (gerbil, hamster)
crocodiline (crocodile)
didelphine (opossom)
draconine (dragon)
elephantine (elephant)
feline (cat)
ferine (any wild or feral animal)
formicine (ant)
gazelline (gazelle)
giraffine (giraffe)
glirine, murine (rodent)
herpestine, viverrine (mongoose)
hippocampine (sea horse)
hippopotamine (hippopotamus)
hippotigrine, zebrine (zebra)
hirudine (leech)
homarine (lobster)
hominine (human)
hyenine (hyena)
hylobatine (gibbon)
hystricine (porcupine)
lacertine (lizard)
lapine, leporine (hare, rabbit)
lemurine (lemur)
leonine (lion)
leopardine, pantherine, pardine (leopard, panther)
limacine (slug)
lumbricine (earthworm)
lupine (wolf)
lutrine (otter)
lyncine (lynx)
macropine, macropodine (kangaroo)
manatine (manatee)
megatherine (giant ground sloth)
meline (badger)
mephitine (skunk)
microtine (lemming, vole)
musteline (ermine, ferret, marten, mink, polecat, stoat, weasel)
myoxine (dormouse)
myrmecine (ant)
myrmecophagine (anteater)
noctillionine, pteropine (bat, flying fox)
octopine (octopus)
odebenine (walrus)
ornithorhynchine (platypus)
orygine (oryx)
ostracine (oyster)
otarine (sea lion, seal)
ovibovine (musk ox)
ovine (sheep)
patelline (limpet)
pediculine (louse)
phocine (seal)
pieridine, pierine (butterfly)
piscine (fish)
 - acipenserine (sturgeon)
 - atherine (smelt)
 - cyprine (carp)
 - gadine (cod)
 - percesocine (barracuda)
 - percine (perch)
porcine, suilline (pig)
procyonine (raccoon)
pulicine (flea)
rangiferine (caribou, reindeer)
ranine (frog)
salamandrine (salamander)
sciurine (squirrel)
scolopendrine (centipede)
soricine (shrew)
talpine (mole)
taurine (bull)
termitine (termite)
testudine (tortoise)
tigrine (tiger)
tolypeutine (armadillo)
ursine (bear)
vespine (hornet, wasp)
vituline (calf)
vulpine (fox)
zibeline (sable)


Sources:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080425173133AAPocQI
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=465803
https://everbosity.wordpress.com/tag/ovine/
https://grammarist.com/usage/animal-adjectives/
https://polargriff.livejournal.com/440512.html
http://www.davekoelle.com/animal_terms.html

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