Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
accipitrine | birds of the family Accipitridae, which includes most birds of prey other than owls, falcons, and New World vultures > ACCIPITRINES |
aedine | the aedes genus of mosquito > ANOPHELINES |
alcidine | birds of the auk family |
anguine | snakes |
anopheline | the anopheles mosquito |
anserine | birds of the goose family > ANSERINES |
antilopine | antelopes |
aquiline | eagles |
arvicoline | water voles |
asinine | asses |
bisontine | bison |
bovine | cattle > BOVINES |
bubaline | antelopes of the Bubalis genus |
cancrine | crabs |
canine | dogs > CANINES |
caprine | goats |
catarrhine | one of the two divisions of Primates, including all the Old World monkeys, having a narrow partition between the nostrils > CATARRHINES |
cervine | deer |
colubrine | any snake of the family Colubridae, that includes the grass snake, water snakes and whip snakes |
corvine | crows |
crotaline | rattlesnakes |
culicine | mosquitos of a group that contains the genus Culex but not Anopheles > CULICINES |
cyprine | fish of the carp family |
dryopithecine | gorillas, chimps, and men |
elaphine | red deer |
elapine | the Elapidae, a family of poisonous snakes, that includes cobras |
elephantine | elephants |
equine | horses > EQUINES |
falconine | falcons |
feline | members of the cat family > FELINES |
fringilline | the finch family of birds |
galeopithecine | flying lemurs |
giraffine | giraffes |
gorilline | gorillas |
gregarine | members of the Gregarinida, a group of parasitic insects, molluscs and crustaceans > GREGARINES |
hirundine | swallows |
hominine | men |
hyenine | hyenas |
lacertine | lizards |
larine | gulls |
lemurine | lemurs > LEMURINES |
leonine | lions |
leporine | hares |
lupine | wolves > LUPINES |
limicoline | plovers |
limacine | slugs |
milvine | birds of the kite kind |
murine | rats and mice > MURINES |
musteline | weasels or similar fur-bearing mammals such as badgers and otters > MUSTELINES |
ornithine | birds > ORNITHINES |
oscine | birds of a sub-order including birds > OSCINES |
oscinine | of or pertaining to song-birds |
otarine | otaries or eared seals |
ovibovine | the ovibos or musk-ox |
ovine | sheep > OVINES |
pantherine | panthers |
pardine | leopards |
passerine | perching birds, and songbirds eg jays, warblers, finches, blackbirds, sparrows > PASSERINES |
pavonine | peacocks |
petaurine | petaurists, or flying phalangers |
phocine | seals |
picine | woodpeckers |
pieridine | the Pieridae family of butterflies, that includes the whites, brimstones, and sulphurs |
platyrrhine | the division of the monkeys found in S America, which have widely spaced nostrils > PLATYRRHINES |
polypine | (colonial) polyps |
porcine | pigs |
psittacine | parrots > PSITTACINES |
ralline | the rail family of birds |
ramapithecine | an early Pliocene genus of primates > RAMAPITHECINES |
ranine | frogs |
reguline | goldcrests |
rusine | deer of the genus Rusa, which includes the sambur deer of India |
salamandrine | salamanders |
sciurine | squirrels > SCIURINES |
serpentine | serpents; also a kind fo rock > SERPENTINES. |
sittine | the nuthatch family of birds |
soricine | shrews |
strigine | owls |
sturnine | starlings |
suboscine | a certain subfamily of birds > SUBOSCINES |
subursine | things like bears but not bears |
suilline | pigs |
sylviine | warblers of the genus Sylviidae |
tanagrine | tanagers, a family of brightly-coloured S American birds |
taurine | bulls > TAURINES |
tigrine | tigers |
tragelaphine | tragelaphs, a kind of African antelope |
traguline | tragules, a small deer-like mammal |
turdine | thrushes |
ursine | bears |
vespine | wasps |
viperine | vipers |
vireonine | birds of the vireo family > VIREONINES |
vituline | calves |
viverrine | animals of the ferret or the civet family > VIVERRINES |
volucrine | birds |
vulpine | foxes |
vulturine | vultures |
xenurine | a genus of armadillos in which the tail is almost without plates |
zebrine | zebras > ZEBRINES |