下表所列為一些動物的形容詞，這些形容詞和動物本身在拼字上大多毫無關連，頗具參考價值。表格中左欄為動物名稱，依字母順序排列，右欄為各該動物的形容詞，如 bear (熊) 的形容詞為 ursine (熊的)、cat (貓) 的形容詞為 feline (貓的)、dog (狗) 的形容詞為 canine (狗的)，依此類推。
| 動物 | 形容詞 |
| any wild animal (任何野生動物) | ferine |
| ass (驢) | asinine |
| bat (蝙蝠) | pteropine |
| bear (熊) | ursine |
| bird (鳥) | avine |
| buffalo (水牛) | bubaline |
| bull (公牛) | taurine |
| calf (小牛) | vituline |
| camel (駱駝) | cameline |
| cat (貓) | feline |
| centipede (蜈蚣) | scolopendrine |
| cow (母牛) | bovine |
| crab (螃蟹) | cancrine |
| crocodile (鱷魚) | crocodiline |
| crow, raven (烏鴉，渡鴉) | corvine |
| deer (鹿) | cervine |
| dog (狗) | canine |
| eagle (鷹) | aquiline |
| earthworm (蚯蚓) | lumbricine |
| elephant (大象) | elephantine |
| falcon (隼) | falconine |
| fish (魚) | piscine |
| fox (狐狸) | vulpine |
| frog (青蛙) | ranine |
| goat (山羊) | caprine, hircine |
| goose (鵝) | anserine |
| gull (海鷗) | larine |
| hare (野兔) | leporine |
| hawk (鷹) | accipitrine |
| hippopotamus (河馬) | hippopotamine |
| horse (馬) | equine |
| leopard, panther (豹) | pardine |
| lion (獅子) | leonine |
| lizard (蜥蜴) | lacertine |
| mongoose (獴) | viverrine |
| mouse (鼠) | murine |
| ostrich (鴕鳥) | struthionine |
| peacock (孔雀) | pavonine |
| pig (豬) | porcine |
| porcupine (豪豬) | hystricine |
| sable (貂) | zibeline |
| serpent (蛇) | serpentine |
| sheep (綿羊) | ovine |
| shrew (鼩鼱) | soricine |
| sparrow (麻雀) | passerine |
| swallow (燕子) | hirundine |
| swine (豬) | suilline |
| tiger (老虎) | tigrine |
| viper (蝰蛇；毒蛇) | viperine |
| vulture (兀鷲) | vulturine |
| wasp (黃蜂) | vespine |
| wolf (狼) | lupine |
| woodpecker (啄木鳥) | picine |
| zebra (斑馬) | zebrine |