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
• cervine | deer
• corvine | crow
• dinosaurian | dinosaur
• elephantine | elephant
• equine | horse
• feline | cat
• hircine | goat
• 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.

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