Friday, August 7, 2009

Latin animal names. What is an equine?

I forgot what I was watching but I remembered three words from it. These were Latin animal names -- feline, canine, bovine. I then wondered what the other -ine animal words are so I went to google sets and inputted (what's a better word?) these latin names. The most relevant are in the list below. What are the other Latin animal names you can think of?

UPDATE AUG 11 09. Added some more animals

Animal name Definition
anatine duck
anserine goose
aquiline eagle
assinine donkey
bovine cattle
cancrine crab
canine dog
caprine goat
cervine deer
corvine crow
elephantine elephant
equine horse
feline homine cat humans
hircine goat (odor)
lapine female deer or rabbit
leonine lion
leporine rabbit hare
lupine wolf
murine rodent
musteline badger, otter
ovine sheep
passerine perching bird, songbirds
pavonine peacock
phocine seal
piscine fish
psittacine parrots
porcine pig, swine
sciurine squirrel
serpentine snake
soricine shrew
struthionine ostrich
taurine bull
ursine bear
vespine wasp
viperine viper
vulpine fox
zebrine zebra

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