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tyson (32 words)
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tyson's Words, by tyson
Animal-ine, by Papageno
rduke's Words, by rduke
JamesE's Words, by JamesE
Things Avian, by reesetee
logos's list, by logos
the catch-all, by rolig
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The -ine suffix is very, very, very common since it's the subfamily suffix. But I like the figurative sense!
I like them too. Papageno's list (see right) is quite exhaustive, and I believe sionnach has a nice gang on his list of "Beastly Adjectives."
Nice, rt. I love these -ine animal words, especially if they can be used figuratively. Now I'll have to think of a use for "anserine."
Nope! Geese. Unless geese have serine, which they could for all I know. :-)
Apparently it also means "silly," as in "silly goose."
nothing to do with serine...?