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Today’s Editor’s Corner is brought to you by DailyWritingTips. This list of animals with their corresponding adjectives may come in handy the next time you need to describe a co-worker’s animal-like behavior.
ant: formicine
ass: asinine
bear: ursine
bird: avian
bull: taurine
crow: corvine
dog: canine
dove: columbine
elephant: elephantine
fish: piscine
fox: vulpine
hornet/wasp: vespine
horse: equine
lion: leonine
peacock: pavonine
pig: porcine
seal: phocine
serpent: serpentine
sheep: ovine
swan: cygnine
tiger: tigrine
tortoise: testudine
wolf: lupine
viper: viperine
Here are some examples:
Bad writing brings out Kara’s taurine characteristics.
Ron guarded the cookies on the counter in a leonine manner.
Donna’s posture is cygnine-like.
Thank you,
Jackie Solano
Technical Writer, Episys Technical Publications
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