Animal Adjectives
This started when I was cramming for GRE during my college days, here is a retentive collection of animal adjectives.
You all know the easy ones: canine, feline, serpentine... One step above those are equine, bovine, ursine (remember Ursa Major?). Now here are the rest...
Of all the
animals in the zoo,
the monkey boinked the kangaroo.
He moaned: "You are devine,
so bouncy and macropodine,
and I'll be
the simian for you."
Animal |
Adjectives |
alligator |
eusuchian |
anteater |
myrmecophagine |
antelope |
alcelaphine, bubaline |
ant |
formicine, myrmecine |
ape |
simian |
armadillo |
tolypeutine |
ass |
asinine |
auk |
alcidine, alcine |
barracuda |
percesocine |
bat |
pteropine |
bear |
ursine |
bee |
apian, apiarian |
bird |
avian, muscicapine, oscine, passerine, penduline, volucrine |
blackbird |
icterine |
bluebird |
turdine |
bobolink |
icterine |
buffalo |
bubaline |
bullfinch |
pyrrhuline |
bull |
taurine |
bunting |
emberizine, pyrrhuloxine |
buzzard |
buteonine, cathartine |
calf |
vituline |
camel |
cameline |
cardinal |
pyrrhuloxine |
cat |
feline |
chamois |
rupicaprine |
civet |
viverrine |
cormorant |
phalacrocoracine |
cow |
bovine, vaccine |
crab |
cancrine |
crane |
alectorine |
crocodile |
crocodilian |
crow |
corvine |
cuckoo |
cuculine |
deer |
cervine, elaphine |
dodo |
didine |
dog |
canine |
dolphin |
delphine |
dormouse |
myoxine |
dove |
columbine |
duck |
anatine, fuliguline |
eagle |
aquiline |
elephant |
elephantine |
elk |
cervine |
ermine |
musteline |
falcon |
accipitrine |
ferret |
musteline |
finch |
fringilline |
fish |
piscine, piscatorial |
flea |
pulicine |
fox |
vulpine |
frog |
bufotenine, ranine |
frog |
ranine |
gerbil |
cricetine |
gibbon |
hylobatine |
goat |
hircine, caprine |
goose |
anserine, anatine |
gull |
larine |
hare |
leporine |
hawk |
accipitrine, falconine |
hornet |
vespine |
horse |
equine |
hummingbird |
trochiline |
jay |
garruline |
kangaroo |
macropodine |
kestrel |
falconine |
kingfisher |
halcyonine |
kite |
milvine |
leech |
hirudine, hirudinal |
lion |
leonine |
lizard |
lacertilian, saurian |
lizard |
lacertine |
lobster |
homarine |
macaw |
psittacine |
magpie |
garruline |
marten |
musteline |
martin |
hirundine |
meadowlark |
icterine |
mink |
musteline |
mite |
acarine |
mockingbird |
mimine |
mongoose |
viverrine, herpestine |
moose |
cervine |
mosquito |
aedine, anopheline |
moth |
arctian |
mouse |
murine |
nightingale |
philomelian |
opposum |
didelphine |
oriole |
icterine |
ostrich |
struthionine, strutious |
otter |
lutrine |
ox |
bovine |
oyster |
ostracine |
parakeet |
psittacine |
parrot |
psittacine |
partridge |
perdicine |
peacock |
pavonine |
pheasant |
alectorine, phasianine |
pigeon |
pullastrine |
pig |
porcine, suilline, suine |
plover |
charadrine |
polecat |
musteline |
porcupine |
hystricine |
puffin |
alcidine, alcine (like seabird) |
quail |
coturnine |
rabbit |
leporine |
raccoon |
procyonine |
ram |
arietine |
rat |
murine |
rattlesnake |
crotaline |
raven |
corvine |
reptile |
reptilian |
rhinoceros |
ceratorhine |
robin |
turdine |
sable |
zibeline |
sea horse |
hippocampine |
seal |
phocine |
serpent |
serpentine |
sheep |
ovine |
shrew |
soricine |
silkworm |
bombycine |
skunk |
musteline, mephitine |
skylark |
alaudine |
slug |
limacine |
smelt |
atherine |
snake |
colubrine, ophidian, reptilian, serpentine, viperine, anguine |
snipe |
charadrine |
songbird |
oscine |
sparrow |
passerine |
squirrel |
sciurine |
stag |
cervine, elaphine |
stoat |
musteline |
stork |
ciconine |
sturgeon |
acipenserine |
swallow |
hirundine |
swan |
cygnine |
swift |
cypseline |
swine |
porcine |
tick |
acarine |
tiger |
tigrine |
titmouse |
parine |
toad |
batrachian |
tortoise |
chelonian |
turkey |
meleagrine |
turtle |
chelonian |
viper |
viperine |
vulture |
vulturine |
wasp |
vespine |
weasel |
musteline |
wolf |
lupine |
wolverine |
musteline |
wombat |
phascolomian |
woodcock |
charadrine, scolopacine |
worm |
vermian |
wren |
troglodytine |
zebra |
zebrine. |