You may already know words like asinine (meaning like or relating to an ass), canine (meaning like or relating to a dog), and bovine (meaning like or relating to a cow). But there are many more animal adjectives than these. Usually derived from Latin words for animals, these adjectives can occasionally be useful if you can remember them (or if you have a handy list to refer to).
adjective animal
| accipitrine | hawk |
| anserine | goose |
| aquiline | eagle |
| asinine | ass |
| avine | bird |
| bovine | cow |
| bubaline | buffalo |
| cameline | camel |
| cancrine | crab |
| canine | dog |
| caprine | goat |
| corvine | deer |
| corvine | crow, raven |
| crocodiline | crocodile |
| elephantine | elephant |
| equine | horse |
| falconine | falcon |
| feline | cat |
| ferine | any wild animal |
| hippopotamine | hippopotamus |
| hircine | goat |
| hirundine | swallow |
| hystricine | porcupine |
| lacertine | lizard |
| larine | gull |
| leonine | lion |
| leporine | hare |
| lumbricine | earthworm |
| lupine | wolf |
| murine | mouse |
| ovine | sheep |
| pardine | leopard, panther |
| passerine | sparrow |
| pavonine | peacock |
| picine | woodpecker |
| piscine | fish |
| porcine | pig |
| pteropine | bat |
| ranine | frog |
| scolopendrine | centipede |
| serpentine | serpent |
| soricine | shrew |
| struthionine | ostrich |
| suilline | swine |
| taurine | bull |
| tigrine | tiger |
| ursine | bear |
| vespine | wasp |
| viperine | viper |
| vituline | calf |
| viverrine | mongoose |
| vulpine | fox |
| vulturine | vulture |
| zebrine | zebra |
| zibeline | sable |
