of, or related to a particular animal, by latin roots

Some are common knowledge, e.g. dog, cat, monkey, bird. I felt special that I knew a handful of the less common ones (cow, horse, wolf, bear, fox). Here is a list of some useful and some completely random animal adjectives.

Seeing the word asinine in the list yields great insight into its etymology.

Animal	Adjective
alligator	eusuchian
ant	formicine, myrmecine
anteater	myrmecophagine
antelope	alcelaphine, bubaline
ape	simian
armadillo	tolypeutine
ass	asinine
auk	alcidine
barracuda	percesocine
badger	musteline
bat	pteropine
bear	ursine
bee	apiarian
bird	avian, muscicapine, oscine (song), passerine (perching), penduline, volucrine
blackbird	icterine
bluebird	turdine
bobolink	icterine
buffalo	bubaline
bull	taurine
bullfinch	pyrrhuline
bunting	emberizine, pyrrhuloxine
buzzard	buteonine, cathartine
calf	vituline
camel	cameline
cardinal	pyrrhuloxine
cat	feline
chamois	rupicaprine
civet	viverrine
cormorant	phalacrocoracine
cow	bovine, vaccine
crab	cancrine
crane	alectorine
crow	corvine
cuckoo	cuculine
deer	cervine, elaphine
dodo	didine
dog	canine
dolphin	delphine
dormouse	myoxine
dove	columbine
duck	anatine, fuliguline
eagle	aquiline
elephant	elephantine
elk	cervine
ermine	musteline
falcon	accipitrine
ferret	musteline
finch	fringilline
fish	piscine, piscatorial
flea	pulicine
fox	vulpine
frog	bufotenine, ranine
gerbil	cricetine
gibbon	hylobatine
goat	caprine, hircine (smelly)
goose	anserine
gull	larine
hare	leporine
hawk	accipitrine, falconine
hog	suilline
hornet	vespine
horse	equine
hummingbird	trochiline
jay	garruline
kangaroo	macropodine
kestrel	falconine
kingfisher	halcyonine
kite	milvine
leech	hirudine
lemur	lemurine
leopard	pardine
lion	leonine
lizard	lacertilian, saurian
lobster	homarine
macaw	psittacine
magpie	garruline
mallard	anatine
marten	musteline
martin	hirundine
meadowlark	icterine
mink	musteline
mockingbird	mimine
mongoose	viverrine, herpestine
moose	cervine
mosquito	aedine, anopheline
moth	arctian
mouse	murine
mule	muline Note: stallion x jenny (female donkey) = hinny mare x jack (male donkey) = mule
nightingale	philomelian
opposum	didelphine
oriole	icterine
otter	lutrine
ox	bovine
oyster	ostracine
parakeet	psittacine
parrot	psittacine
partridge	perdicine
peacock	pavonine
pheasant	alectorine, phasianine
pig	porcine, suilline
pigeon	pullastrine
plover	charadrine
polecat	musteline
porcupine	hystricine
quail	coturnine
rabbit	leporine
raccoon	procyonine
ram	arietine
rat	murine
rattlesnake	crotaline
raven	corvine
reptile	reptilian, serpentine
rhinoceros	ceratorhine
robin	turdine
sable	zibeline
sea horse	hippocampine
seal	phocine, otarine
sheep	ovine
shrew	soricine
silkworm	bombycine
skunk	mephitine
skylark	alaudine
slug	limacine
smelt	atherine
snake	anguine, elapine, colubrine (garter,king), ophidian, reptilian, serpentine, viperine
snipe	charadrine
sparrow	passerine
squirrel	sciurine
stag	cervine, elaphine
stoat	musteline
stork	ciconine
sturgeon	acipenserine
swallow	hirundine
swan	cygnine
swift	cypseline
swine	porcine, suine
tick	acarine
tiger	tigrine
titmouse	parine
toad	batrachian
tortoise	chelonian, testudine
turkey	meleagrine
turtle	chelonian
viper	viperine
vulture	vulturine
wasp	vespine
weasel	musteline
wolf	lupine
wolverine	musteline
wombat	phascolomian
woodcock	charadrine, scolopacine
wren	troglodytine
zebra	zebrine

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well, yeah

a cliché is a predictable unoriginality - when what may have been a neat idea in the past is now overdone.

the opposite of a cliché is a non-sequitur: something that has never been done before and is accomplished with a completely absurd disjointedness in relation. non-sequitur is a latin phrase literally meaning "does not follow," and is most often used with humorous intent (as a major subset of surrealist humor)

a common example of a non-sequitur is the following joke:

Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Fish.

i submit that if this joke is used too often, it will become a cliché. The logical name for this transformation would just be "sequitur" meaning "it does follow [convention]," but perhaps a better name would be "sequiché." your move, ADS.

legally binding minestrone

de facto is a latin phrase for "unofficial" or "assumed" (literally "by fact"). it is used in situations to describe something that established in practice but not necessarily documented officially or legally.

example for lost fans: jack is the de facto leader of the survivors.

ars linguisteresica

the latin word ars is the etymological root for the english word "art." art has come to have several meanings but the original ars has the particular usage as a learned skill, such as martial arts.

the art of using 'ars' is very old: in 18 bc horace wrote the ars poetica - "the art of poetry" yet the same naming convention is still in use today (e.g. the technology news website ars technica)

et

it is useful to know that 'et' is latin for "and."

know your vus

i suspect déjà vu is not a new word for anyone, but the psychological phenomenon has two lesser known cousins: jamais vu and presque vu.

enis ratulo sounds legitimately german

following up on a previous post regarding etaoin shrdlu, here is a list of similar "names" created using the most frequent letters (in order) in other languages:

Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton?

there is a made up language called esperanto that, while not officially accepted by any country, is spoken by an estimated 100,000-2,000,000 people around the world.