Animal Adjectives - Easy List

Dr. Ravi P. Reddy (India)
Adjectives that describe a similarity or connection to an animal or an animal family.
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  1. asinine
    devoid of intelligence
  2. bovine
    of or relating to or belonging to cattle
  3. canine
    pertaining to or characteristic of dogs
  4. equine
    relating to or resembling a horse
  5. feline
    of or relating to cats
  6. hominine
    characteristic of humankind
  7. leonine
    of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
  8. piscine
    of or relating to fish
  9. porcine
    coarsely gluttonous or greedy
  10. serpentine
    resembling a snake in form
  11. taurine
    of or relating to or resembling a bull
  12. vulpine
    resembling or characteristic of a fox
  13. lupine
    of or relating to or characteristic of wolves
  14. simian
    relating to or resembling an ape or a monkey
  15. cetacean
    large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs
Created on Fri Feb 08 01:53:32 EST 2013 (updated Sat Feb 09 16:22:42 EST 2013)

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