anatine
Our ducks are in @thetimes and we had to look up what anatine means pic.twitter.com/NXZJ2IK8i2
— The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) January 14, 2019
If the Museum of English Rural Life had to look up anatine, then I suppose there’s no shame in admitting that I did not know it, either.
Looking around, the most comprehensive list of animal adjectives is on Dave Koelle’s site. I think I’ve come across less than a third of those words in the wild. My particular favorites are ostracine, fulicine and hirudine, each of which would make lovely, if incomprehensible, insults.
Thanks,
-Ed.