-ine +

(Greek > Latin: a suffix that is used to form hundreds of words that mean "similar to", "resembling", "like", "characterized by", or "of the nature of")

This element is also utilized to form abstract nouns; feminine common nouns; and it is used in chemistry to form names of alkaloids and bases or names of elements.

neurine: nerves

Of or relating to the nerves.

nigrine

Black or characteristics of blackness.

noctilionine: bats

1. A reference to bats; of bats.
2. Belonging to the genus Noctilio.

nymphine: young girl

Nymphal; having the features of a young girl, especially a beautiful one.

octopine: octopus, octopi

A reference to octopi.

odobenine: walruses

Of or pertaining to walruses; characteristic of or like walruses.

opaline: opal

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the opal, a gem that is composed of a translucent mineral of hydrated silica.

orygine: antelope, antelopes

Resembling an antelope of the genus Oryx, especially belonging to an African group including the addax, gemsbuck, roan, and sable antelopes; which share certain characteristics with the oryx, such as long horns, tufted tails, and large, square teeth.

oscine: song birds

1. A reference to song birds.
2. Of, relating to, or belonging to the Oscines, a large suborder of passerine birds that includes most songbirds.

ostracine: oysters

A reference to oysters.

Ovibovine: musk oxen

1. A reference to musk oxen.
2. Having characteristics intermediate between those of sheep and oxen; such as, a musk ox.

ovine: sheep

1. A reference to sheep.
2. Of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or characteristics of, sheep or a sheep.
3. In Zoology, belonging to the Ovinae, a subfamily of ruminants, comprising the various kinds of sheep.
4. Sheeplike, sheepish; cowardly.

paludine: marsh

Of or pertaining to a marsh.

palumbine: wood-pigeon, ring-dove

Belonging to the wood-pigeon or ring-dove.

pantherine: panther

1. Resembling a panther, spotted like a panther; of, belonging to, or characteristic of a panther.
2. Applied to a fierce or savage man.

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(Greek > Latin: a suffix that is used to form hundreds of words that mean "similar to", "resembling", "like", "characterized by", or "of the nature of")

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