12 Animal Adjectives to Bolster Your Vocabulary

1. ANGUINE

   The word means snakelike.

2. BUTEONINE

   Resembling a buzzard.

3. DELPHINE

   Delphine is an obsolete adjective referring to the dolphin.

4. DIDELPHINE

   It’s a variant of didelphian (double uterus) and refers to a subclass of marsupials including opossums.

5. HIPPOCAMPINE

   A rarely used adjective relating to seahorses.

6. LIMACINE

   Of, relating to, or resembling a slug, slime.

7. MACROPODINE

   Refers to kangaroos or wallabies.

8. MEPHITINE

   Skunk-like.

9. MURINE

   Relating to a mouse or mice.

10. MUSTELINE

    Of or belonging to a weasel.

11. PHOCINE
    Rresembling a seal.

12. PICINE

    Like a woodpecker.