Brutal Appellatives
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.
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
2004