Friday, 21 August 2015

(general english)ine(adj)

acarine         of, like or pertaining to ticks or mites
accipitrine     of, like or pertaining to falcons and hawks
alaudine        of, like or pertaining to skylarks
alcine          of, like or pertaining to elks; of, like or pertaining to auks
alpestrine      of, like or pertaining to alpine regions
alvine          of the belly
anatine         of, like or pertaining to ducks
anguine         of, like or pertaining to snakes
anguine         of, like or pertaining to snakes
anopheline      of, like or pertaining to malarial mosquitoes
anserine        of, like or pertaining to geese
aquiline        of, like or pertaining to eagles; hooked like an eagle's beak
arietine        of, like or pertaining to rams
baculine        of, like or pertaining to the stick or cane; of, like or
pertaining to flogging
bisontine       of, like or pertaining to bison
bombycine       of, like or pertaining to silk or cotton
bovine          of, like or pertaining to cows
bubaline        of, like or pertaining to buffalo or antelopes
buteonine       of, like or pertaining to buzzards
caballine       of, like or pertaining to or suited to a horse
calycine        of, like or pertaining to a cup or calyx
cameline        of, like or pertaining to camels
cancrine        of, like or pertaining to crabs; palindromic
canine          of, like or pertaining to dogs
caprine         of, like or pertaining to goats
catarrhine      of, like or pertaining to Old World Monkeys
cervine         of, pertaining to or resembling deer, elk or moose
ciconine        of, like or pertaining to storks
colubrine       like a snake; cunning; of, like or pertaining to snakes
columbine       of or like a dove; dove-coloured
corvine         crow-like; of, like or pertaining to crows or ravens
crotaline       of, like or pertaining to rattlesnakes
cuculine        of, like or pertaining to cuckoos
cypseline       of, like or pertaining to swifts
delphine        pertaining to the Dauphin of France
delphinine      of, like or pertaining to dolphins
didelphine      of, like or pertaining to opossums
didine          of, like or pertaining to dodos
elaphine        of, like or belonging to a red deer; of, of, like or
pertaining to red deer
elephantine     of, like or pertaining to elephants
equine          of, like or pertaining to horses
falconine       of, like or pertaining to falcons or hawks
feline          of, like or pertaining to cats
figuline        of, like or pertaining to earthenware
formicine       of, like or pertaining to ants
fringilline     of, like or pertaining to finches
fuliguline      of, like or pertaining to sea ducks
glirine         rodent-like; of, like or pertaining to rodents
gruine  of, like or pertaining to cranes or similar birds
halcyonine      of, like or pertaining to kingfishers
hircine         goat-like; having a goatish smell; of, like or pertaining to
smelly goats
hirudine        of, like or pertaining to leeches
hirundine       of, like or pertaining to swallows
homarine        of, like or pertaining to lobsters
hylobatine      of, like or pertaining to gibbons
hystricine      of, like or pertaining to porcupines
ibidine         pertaining to the ibis
icterine        of, like or pertaining to orioles and related birds
lacustrine      of, like or pertaining to lakes
lampyridine     of, like or pertaining or pertaining to glow-worms or fireflies
larine  of, like or pertaining to gulls
legatine        of, like or pertaining to a legate
lemurine        of, like or pertaining to lemurs
leonine         of, like or pertaining to lions
leonine         of or like a lion; rhyming last two or three syllables in a line
leporine        of, like or pertaining to the hare
limacine        of, like or pertaining to slugs
limicoline      living on a shore; of, like or pertaining to wading birds
lumbricine      of, like or pertaining to earthworms
lupine  of, like or pertaining to wolves
lutrine         of, like or pertaining to otters
macropodine     of, like or pertaining to kangaroos
meleagrine      of, like or pertaining to turkeys
milvine         of, like or pertaining to kites and similar birds
murine  of, like or pertaining to mice and rats
muscicapine     of, like or pertaining to flycatchers and related birds
musteline       of, like or pertaining to weasels, martens and badgers
myoxine         of, like or pertaining to dormice
myrmicine       of, like or pertaining to ants
natricine       of, like or pertaining to water-snakes
nemaline        of or like a thread
oscinine        of, like or pertaining to song-birds
otarine         of, like or pertaining to seals
ovibovine       of, like or pertaining to musk-oxen
ovine   of, like or pertaining to sheep
pardine         of, like or pertaining to leopards
parine         of, like or pertaining to titmouses
passerine       of, like or pertaining to sparrows
pavonine        of, like or pertaining to peacocks
perdicine       of, like or pertaining to partridges
phacochoerine   of, like or pertaining to warthogs
phocine         of, like or pertaining to seals
picine  of, like or pertaining to woodpeckers
piscine         of, like or pertaining to fish
porcine         of, like or pertaining to pigs; swinish
procyonine      of, like or pertaining to raccoons
psittacine      of, like or pertaining to macaws, parakeets or parrots
psittacine      of or like parrots
pteropine       of, like or pertaining to flying foxes
pulicine        of, like or pertaining to fleas
pullastrine     of, like or pertaining to pigeons
pyrrhuline      of, like or pertaining to bullfinches
quercine        of, like or pertaining to oak trees
rangiferine     of, like or pertaining to or like reindeer
ranine          of, like or pertaining to or like frogs
rupicaprine     of, like or pertaining to chamoises
saporine        of, like or pertaining to the sense of taste
sciurine        of, like or pertaining to squirrels
scolopacine     of, like or pertaining to snipes
serpentine      of, like or pertaining to serpents or snakes
sophianic       of, like or pertaining to wisdom
soricine        of, like or pertaining to shrews
soricine        shrewlike; of, like or pertaining to shrews
strigine        owl-like; of, like or pertaining to owls
suilline        of, like or pertaining to hogs
suilline        like a pig; of, like or pertaining to pigs
taurine         of, like or pertaining to bulls
textrine        of, like or pertaining to weaving
tigrine         of, like or pertaining to tigers
tolypeutine     of, like or pertaining to armadillos
torrentine      of, like or pertaining to a torrent; having the character
of a torrent
trochilidine    of, like or pertaining to hummingbirds
trochiline      of, like or pertaining to hummingbirds
troglodytine    of, like or pertaining to wrens
turdine         of, like or pertaining to thrushes
turdine         of, like or pertaining to thrushes
ursine  of, like or pertaining to bears
vaccine         of, like or pertaining to cows; preparation conferring
immunity to disease
vespine         of, like or pertaining to hornets or wasps
viperine        of, like or pertaining to vipers
vituline        of, like or pertaining to calves or veal
viverrine       of, like or pertaining to civets and mongoose
viverrine       of, like or pertaining to the civet
volucrine       of, like or pertaining to birds; bird-like
vulpine         of, like or pertaining to foxes; cunning
vulturine       rapacious; of, like or pertaining to a vulture
zebrine         of, like or pertaining to zebras
zibeline        of, like or pertaining to the sable

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