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Can anyone add to this list of -ine animal adjectives? Quote:
anguine [adj] of or like a snake.
anserine [adj] of or like a goose.
aquiline [adj] like an eagle; (of a nose) hooked.
bovine [adj] of, relating to, or affecting cattle.
canine [adj] of, relating to, or resembling a dog or dogs.
caprine [adj] of or resembling a goat (see hircine).
cervine [adj] of or like a deer.
corvine [adj] of or like a raven or crow, esp. in color.
elephantine [adj] of or like an elephant.
equine [adj] of, relating to, affecting, or resembling a horse.
feline [adj] of, relating to, or affecting cats.
hircine [adj] of or resembling a goat (see caprine).
leonine [adj] of or resembling a lion.
leporine [adj] of or resembling a hare or hares.
lupine [adj] of or relating to a wolf or wolves; fierce or ravenous
murine [adj] of, relating to, or affecting mice or related rodents.
ovine [adj] of or resembling sheep.
piscine [adj] of or concerning fish.
porcine [adj] of or affecting or resembling a pig.
pavonine [adj] of or like a peacock.
tigerine [adj] of or like a tiger.
ursine [adj] of or like a bear.
vulpine [adj] of or relating to a fox; crafty; cunning.
vulturine [adj] of or like a vulture.
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acarine, accipitrine, alaudine, alcine, alectoridine, anatine, anguine, anopheline, anserine, antelopine, aquiline, asinine, aspine (hi ASp!), avine, binsontine, bombycine, bubaline, buteonine, caballine, cameline, canine, capreoline, caprine, cathartine (vultures), cervine, charadrine (plovers), ciconine, colubrine, columbine, corvine, cricetine (hamsters), crocodiline, crotaline, cuculine (cuckoos!), culicine (mosquitoes), cygnine, cyprine (carp), dacelonine, daysurine, delphine, didelphine, didine (dodos!!), elephantine, equine, falconine, feline, formicine (ants), fringilline, fulciline (coots), fuliguline, galline, garruline (magpies, jays), gazelline, giraffine, herpestine (mongooses), hippopotamine, hippotigrine, hirudine, hirundine, homarine (lobsters), hominine, hyenine, hylobatine, hystricine (porcupines), ibidine, lacertine, lapine, larine, lemurine, leonine, leporine, lumbricine, lupine, lutrine, lyncine, macropine (kangaroos), macropodine, manatine, megapterine, meleagrine (turkeys), mephitine (skunks!), milvine, moschine, murine, musteline, nestorine, noctilionine (bats!), octopine, oscine, ostracine (oysters), ovibovine, ovine, pantherine, pardine, passerine, pavonine (peacocks), phasianine, phocaenine, phocine, picine (woodpeckers), piscine, porcine, procyonine, psittacine (parrots), pteropine, ralline, rangiferine (caribou, reindeer), ranine (frogs), rhinocerine, rucervine, rupicaprine, sabelline, salamandrine, sciurine, serpentine, soricine, strigine (screech owls!), sturnine, suilline, talpine, tapirine, taurine, tetraonine, tigrine, tolypeutine, tringine, trochiline, turdine, ursine, vaccine, vespine, viperine, vituline, viverrine, volucrine, vulpine, vulturine, zebrine sorry about any duplications.. 
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Wow, M--quite a list: full of acumine  . But you forgot annotine. Oh, never mind--that's a noun. So, what's the diff. bet. aspine and viperine , please? The ASp isn't a viper? (sorry, Anna! Couldn't resist.) And how come ostracine (oysters) doesn't mean ostriches? Is it related to ostracize?
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ostracine, I assume, is from Greek ostrakion, small shell.
the asp is a small viper, I think; either it's Greek vs. Latin, or those zo-ologists just can't agree on things.
edit: ostrich is from L. avis struthio; the adj. appears to be struthionine, struthious, or ratite. (there they go again.)
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in the same vein, zebras may be zebrine or hippotigrine; tigers may be feline or tigrine (Felis tigris, you see).
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Wow tswum! The cup overfloweth!
Thank you very much.
I now have an important appointment with my dictionary.
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