Brutal Appellatives

Xah Lee, 2004

Here's a possibly complete list.

• anguine │ snake
• anserine │ goose
• apian │ bee
• aquiline │ eagle
• asinine │ ass
• avian │ “A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers” [title of a computing technical doc. (1 April 1990, RFC 1149)]
• bovine │ “— Professor of philosophy, Bovine University” [online sign off tag]
• canine │ canine teeth
• caprine │ goat
• hircine │ goat
• cervine │ deer
• corvine │ crow
• dinosaurian │ dinosaur
• elephantine │ elephant
• equine │ horse
• feline │ cat
• leoline │ lion
• leporine │ rabbit
• limacine │ slug
• lupine │ wolf
• lutrine │ otter
• murine │ mouse
• ovine │ sheep
• pavonine │ peacock
• phocine │ seal
• piscine │ fish
• porcine │ swine
• saurian │ reptile
• sciurine │ squirrel (aka sciurid)
• serpentine │ serpent
• simian │ ape
• soricine │ shrew
• taurine │ bull
• ursine │ bear
• vespine │ wasp
• vulpine │ fox

Thanks to S Martin Keleti for additions.

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Other interesting words ending in ine.

• passerine │ Of or relating to birds of the order Passeriformes, which includes perching birds and songbirds such as the jays, blackbirds, finches, warblers, and sparrows
• salamandrine │ salamander
• musteline │ badger, mink, otter, weasel
• oscine │ song birds
• scolopendrine │ scolopendrid

• sibyline
• beeline
• peregrine
• resupine, supine
• feral (feral grin)
• fescennine
• inquiline
• lacustrine
• langoustine
• latrine