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'Porcine' is an adjective related to pigs or of pigs. It might be used to describe a fat person or one with poor table manners!
'Equine' is the word related to horses. Can you find out the words relating to porcupines and whales? |
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'Vermian' is an adjective related to worms or of the nature of worms. The word is related to the noun 'vermin' which means an animal which is a pest.
'Vermicelli' is not an animal. It is a type of pasta which gets its name because it looks like worms! |
'Feline' is an adjective related to the cat family. It is only usually used to describe cats and the name 'Felix' comes from the same root
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'Canine' is an adjective related to dogs or of dogs. It is also used to describe our 4 pointed teeth (third from centre, both top and bottom) which are called our 'canine teeth'
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'Asinine' is an adjective related to asses or of asses. It is used quite often in English to describe a foolish person or anything someone finds silly, like a particular film, book or painting
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'Bovine' is an adjective related to cows, buffaloes or oxen. It might be used to describe a dull or a stolid person
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'Aquiline' is an adjective related to eagles or of eagles. It would usually be used to describe a person's nose that is shaped like an eagle's beak!
'Aquiline' sounds similar to 'aquarium' so you might have been tempted to say 'fish', but the two words are not related. The corresponding word for fish is 'piscine' |
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'Apiarian' is an adjective related to bees and a bee-keeper keeps his bees in an apiary. Its similarity to the word 'ape' is purely coincidental
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'Ovine' is an adjective related to sheep or of sheep
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'Lupine', 'leonine' and 'serpentine' are the words associated with wolf, lion and snake respectively