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Many of the adjectives for animals end in 'ine', meaning 'related to' or 'referring to'. Here's a selected list:
| ant
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formicine, myrmecine |
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limpet |
patelline |
| anteater
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myrmecophagine |
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lion |
leonine |
| antelope
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antilopine |
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lizard |
lacertine |
| armadillo
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tolypeutine |
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lobster |
homarine |
| ass
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asinine |
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louse |
pediculine |
| badger
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meline, musteline |
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manatee |
manatine |
| bat
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noctilionine, pteropine |
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mink |
musteline |
| bear
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ursine |
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mite |
acarine |
| bird
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avine, volucrine |
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mole |
talpine |
| bison
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bisontine |
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mongoose |
herpestine |
| bull
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taurine |
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mouse |
murine |
| butterfly
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pieridine, pierine |
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octopus |
octopine |
| calf
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vituline |
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oryx |
orygine |
| camel
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cameline |
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otter |
lutrine, musteline |
| cat
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feline |
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ox |
bovine, taurine |
| chamois
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rupicaprine |
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oyster |
ostracine |
| chicken
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galline |
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panther |
pantherine |
| civet
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viverrine |
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pig |
porcine, suilline |
| cobra
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elapine |
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polecat |
musteline |
| coral
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coralline |
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porcupine |
hystricine |
| cow
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bovine, vaccine |
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porpoise |
phocaenine |
| crab
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cancrine |
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python |
pythonine |
| crocodile
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crocodiline |
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rabbit |
leporine |
| deer
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cervine |
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raccoon |
procyonine |
| dodo
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didine |
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ram |
arietine |
| dog
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canine |
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rat |
murine |
| dolphin
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delphine |
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rattlesnake |
crotaline |
| dormouse
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myoxine |
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reindeer |
rangiferine |
| dragon
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draconine |
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rhinoceros |
ceratorhine, rhinerocerine |
| duck
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anatine |
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rodent |
glirine |
| earthworm
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lumbricine |
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roebuck |
capreoline |
| elephant
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elephantine |
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sable |
sabelline, zibeline |
| ferret
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musteline |
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salamander |
salamandrine |
| fish
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piscine |
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sea horse |
hippocampine |
| flying fox
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pteropine |
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sea lion |
otarine |
| fox
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vulpine |
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seal |
phocine |
| frog
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ranine |
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serpent |
serpentine |
| gazelle
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gazelline |
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sheep |
ovine |
| gerbil
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cricetine |
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shrew |
soricine |
| gibbon
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hylobatine |
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silkworm |
bombycine |
| giraffe
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giraffine |
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skunk |
mephitine, musteline |
| goat
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caprine, hircine |
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slug |
limacine |
| hamster
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cricetine |
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snake |
anguilline, anguine, colubrine |
| hare
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leporine |
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sparrow |
emberizine, passerine |
| hippopotamus
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hippopotamine |
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squirrel |
sciurine |
| hornet
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vespine |
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stag |
elaphine |
| horse
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caballine, equine |
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stoat |
musteline |
| human
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hominine |
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termite |
termitine |
| hyena
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hyenine |
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tiger |
tigrine |
| kangaroo
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macropine, macropodine |
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toad |
bufotenine |
| kingfisher
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dacelonine, halcyonine |
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tortoise |
testudine |
| kite
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milvine |
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vole |
microtine |
| leech
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hirudine |
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wasp |
vespine |
| lemming
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microtine |
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weasel |
musteline |
| lemur
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lemurine |
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wolf |
lupine |
| leopard
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pardine |
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zebra |
hippotigrine, zebrine |
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