-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.
hippocampine: seahorses
Pertaining to seahorses or resembling a seahorses.
hippopotamine: hippopotamus
Pertaining to hippopotami or resembling a hippopotamus.
hippotigrine: zebras
1. A reference to zebras.
2. Having the characteristics of zebras.
hircine: goats
1. Belonging to, or resembling a goat; lustful.
2. Goat-like; having a goatish smell; of, like or pertaining to smelly goats.
hirudine: leeches
Of or pertaining to leeches.
hirundine: swallows, martins
Of or pertaining to swallows and martins.
homarine: lobster
Related to or having the characteristics of a lobster.
hominine: human
1. Of or belonging to mankind, zoologically; of the human species.
2. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hominine or Homininae.
hyaline: glass
1. Resembling glass, as in translucence or transparency; glassy.
2. Clear, translucent, and containing no fibers or granular material.
hyenine: hykenas
A reference to hyenas. Like or characteristic of a hyena.
hylobatine: gibbons
A reference to gibbons.
hystricine: porcupines
A reference to porcupines.
ibidine: ibis
A reference to or related to the ibis.
icterine: blackbirds, bobolinks, meadolarks, orioles
A reference to or related to blackbirds, bobolinks, meadowlarks, and orioles.
infantine: child
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a child, infantile.
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