| accipitrine | birds of the family Accipitridae, which includes most birds of prey other than owls, falcons, and New World vultures > ACCIPITRINES |
| aedine | the aedes genus of mosquito > ANOPHELINES |
| alcidine | birds of the auk family |
| anguine | snakes |
| anopheline | the anopheles mosquito |
| anserine | birds of the goose family > ANSERINES |
| antilopine | antelopes |
| aquiline | eagles |
| arvicoline | water voles |
| asinine | asses |
| bisontine | bison |
| bovine | cattle > BOVINES |
| bubaline | antelopes of the Bubalis genus |
| cancrine | crabs |
| canine | dogs > CANINES |
| caprine | goats |
| catarrhine | one of the two divisions of Primates, including all the Old World monkeys, having a narrow partition between the nostrils > CATARRHINES |
| cervine | deer |
| colubrine | any snake of the family Colubridae, that includes the grass snake, water snakes and whip snakes |
| corvine | crows |
| crotaline | rattlesnakes |
| culicine | mosquitos of a group that contains the genus Culex but not Anopheles > CULICINES |
| cyprine | fish of the carp family |
| dryopithecine | gorillas, chimps, and men |
| elaphine | red deer |
| elapine | the Elapidae, a family of poisonous snakes, that includes cobras |
| elephantine | elephants |
| equine | horses > EQUINES |
| falconine | falcons |
| feline | members of the cat family > FELINES |
| fringilline | the finch family of birds |
| galeopithecine | flying lemurs |
| giraffine | giraffes |
| gorilline | gorillas |
| gregarine | members of the Gregarinida, a group of parasitic insects, molluscs and crustaceans > GREGARINES |
| hirundine | swallows |
| hominine | men |
| hyenine | hyenas |
| lacertine | lizards |
| larine | gulls |
| lemurine | lemurs > LEMURINES |
| leonine | lions |
| leporine | hares |
| lupine | wolves > LUPINES |
| limicoline | plovers |
| limacine | slugs |
| milvine | birds of the kite kind |
| murine | rats and mice > MURINES |
| musteline | weasels or similar fur-bearing mammals such as badgers and otters > MUSTELINES |
| ornithine | birds > ORNITHINES |
| oscine | birds of a sub-order including birds > OSCINES |
| oscinine | of or pertaining to song-birds |
| otarine | otaries or eared seals |
| ovibovine | the ovibos or musk-ox |
| ovine | sheep > OVINES |
| pantherine | panthers |
| pardine | leopards |
| passerine | perching birds, and songbirds eg jays, warblers, finches, blackbirds, sparrows > PASSERINES |
| pavonine | peacocks |
| petaurine | petaurists, or flying phalangers |
| phocine | seals |
| picine | woodpeckers |
| pieridine | the Pieridae family of butterflies, that includes the whites, brimstones, and sulphurs |
| platyrrhine | the division of the monkeys found in S America, which have widely spaced nostrils > PLATYRRHINES |
| polypine | (colonial) polyps |
| porcine | pigs |
| psittacine | parrots > PSITTACINES |
| ralline | the rail family of birds |
| ramapithecine | an early Pliocene genus of primates > RAMAPITHECINES |
| ranine | frogs |
| reguline | goldcrests |
| rusine | deer of the genus Rusa, which includes the sambur deer of India |
| salamandrine | salamanders |
| sciurine | squirrels > SCIURINES |
| serpentine | serpents; also a kind fo rock > SERPENTINES. |
| sittine | the nuthatch family of birds |
| soricine | shrews |
| strigine | owls |
| sturnine | starlings |
| suboscine | a certain subfamily of birds > SUBOSCINES |
| subursine | things like bears but not bears |
| suilline | pigs |
| sylviine | warblers of the genus Sylviidae |
| tanagrine | tanagers, a family of brightly-coloured S American birds |
| taurine | bulls > TAURINES |
| tigrine | tigers |
| tragelaphine | tragelaphs, a kind of African antelope |
| traguline | tragules, a small deer-like mammal |
| turdine | thrushes |
| ursine | bears |
| vespine | wasps |
| viperine | vipers |
| vireonine | birds of the vireo family > VIREONINES |
| vituline | calves |
| viverrine | animals of the ferret or the civet family > VIVERRINES |
| volucrine | birds |
| vulpine | foxes |
| vulturine | vultures |
| xenurine | a genus of armadillos in which the tail is almost without plates |
| zebrine | zebras > ZEBRINES |
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