Animal Adjectives
Animal Adjective List

Animal Adjectives - This animal adjective list are terms such as feline, meaning of, relating to, or resembling a cat.

Eg, 'She moved with feline grace' meaning 'She moved as gracefully as a cat'.

The 'INE' adjective ending, traces back to Greek and Latin ...

Below you'll see the animal, followed by it's adjective (or more in some cases) ...

Animal / Adjective

ant / formicine, myrmecine
anteater / myrmecophagine
antelope / antilopine
armadillo / tolypeutine
ass / asinine
badger / meline, musteline
bat / noctilionine, pteropine
bear / ursine
bird / avine, volucrine
bison / bisontine
bull / taurine
butterfly / pieridine, pierine
calf / vituline
camel / cameline
cat / feline
chamois / rupicaprine
chicken / galline
civet / viverrine
cobra / elapine
coral / coralline
cow / bovine, vaccine
crab / cancrine
crocodile / crocodiline
deer / cervine
dodo / didine
dog / canine
dolphin / delphine
dormouse / myoxine
dragon / draconine
duck / anatine
earthworm / lumbricine
elephant / elephantine
ferret / musteline
fish / piscine
flying fox / pteropine
fox / vulpine
frog / ranine
gazelle / gazelline
gerbil / cricetine
gibbon / hylobatine
giraffe / giraffine
goat / caprine, hircine
hamster / cricetine
hare / leporine
hippopotamus / hippopotamine
hornet / vespine
horse / caballine, equine
human / hominine
hyena / hyenine
kangaroo / macropine, macropodine
kingfisher / dacelonine, halcyonine
kite / milvine
leech / hirudine
lemming / microtine
lemur / lemurine
leopard / pardine
limpet / patelline
lion / leonine
lizard / lacertine
lobster / homarine
louse / pediculine
manatee / manatine
mink / musteline
mite / acarine
mole / talpine
mongoose / herpestine
mouse / murine
octopus / octopine
oryx / orygine
otter / lutrine, musteline
ox / bovine, taurine
oyster / ostracine
panther / pantherine
pig / porcine, suilline
polecat / musteline
porcupine / hystricine
porpoise / phocaenine
python / pythonine
rabbit / leporine
raccoon / procyonine
ram / arietine
rat / murine
rattlesnake / crotaline
reindeer / rangiferine
rhinoceros / ceratorhine, rhinerocerine
rodent / glirine
roebuck / capreoline
sable / sabelline, zibeline
salamander / salamandrine
sea horse / hippocampine
sea lion / otarine
seal / phocine
serpent / serpentine
sheep / ovine
shrew / soricine
silkworm / bombycine
skunk / mephitine, musteline
slug / limacine
snake / anguilline, anguine, colubrine
sparrow / emberizine, passerine
squirrel / sciurine
stag / elaphine
stoat / musteline
termite / termitine
toad / bufotenine
tiger / tigrine
tortoise / testudine
vole / microtine
wasp / vespine
weasel / musteline
wolf / lupine
zebra / hippotigrine, zebrine

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