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Animal Adjectives

For each word, guess the type of animal it relates to.
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Last updated: December 16, 2019
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First submittedAugust 1, 2013
Times taken43,252
Average score56.5%
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Adjective
Animal
Bovine
Cattle
Canine
Dog
Arachnoid
Spider
Feline
Cat
Equine
Horse
Ursine
Bear
Porcine
Pig
Piscine
Fish
Adjective
Animal
Simian
Ape
Ovine
Sheep
Avian
Bird
Apian
Bee
Asinine
Donkey
Lupine
Wolf
Murine
Mouse
Taurine
Bull
Adjective
Animal
Vulpine
Fox
Corvine
Crow
Anguine
Snake
Caprine
Goat
Cygnine
Swan
Anserine
Goose
Vermian
Worm
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Level 92
Sep 20, 2013
Surprised how many of these I got because of constellations--Capricus, Cygnus, etc...
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Level 82
Nov 29, 2022
I live near a town called Cygnet that has lots of black swans, that probably helped me on that one, more than constellations, but regardless, keeping in mind those linguistic connections, be they to place names or constellation names, is very helpful.
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Level 79
Oct 22, 2013
I tried Tea Party for Asinine, but it wouldn't accept it.
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Level 74
Jul 8, 2016
I knew when I saw that one someone would devolve to the lowest denominator. Too bad we can't even play quizzes without someone being rude or prejudice against other people's opinions.
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Level 66
Nov 20, 2019
Judgment is not the same things as prejudice. Sometimes people disagree, and even find others' views reprehensible. So what?
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Level 89
Nov 20, 2019
I would have gone with the Democratic Party instead, since it's their symbol.
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Level 75
Oct 22, 2013
Missed crow and mouse which I should have got and goose which I didn't know.
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Level 51
Apr 27, 2015
I'm really annoyed with myself for not getting crow. I knew crows, ravens, magpies, etc. were corvids. I also should have known the mouse. :/
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Level 75
Nov 20, 2019
Crow is the only one I missed - I could murder a whole group of them.
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Level 30
Nov 23, 2020
Good one
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Level 62
Feb 24, 2021
I got crow because of the constellation, Corvus
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Level 59
Oct 22, 2013
Fun quiz
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Level 46
Oct 22, 2013
I only got Vulpine because of the Pokemon Vulpix. See, Pokemon is educational!
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Level 15
Oct 23, 2013
I got a few of these because of pokemon eg. Ursaring, Vulpix :P
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Level 51
Apr 27, 2015
I got some of these because of astronomy. Cygnus, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Capricorn....
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Level 21
Nov 5, 2013
Did anyone else guess "eel" for "anguine"?
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Level 71
Oct 9, 2015
No, an eel is a fish?
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Level 65
Apr 7, 2020
what does that have to do with anything?
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Level 78
Nov 13, 2020
Who knows? I did know that the name of the island Anguilla is derived from the Latin word for eel, so that was my first guess too. I guessed right second time though. A bit of French/Spanish/Italian/Latin knowledge helps a lot with this quiz.
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Level 71
Mar 9, 2016
Yes. These were all just Latin -> English translations, and I knew eel was Anguilla anguilla, so that was my guess.
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Level 65
Jan 27, 2020
I tried eel for murine, moray eel (and the family) is called muraenidae. Murena is latin for eel.
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Level 83
Nov 3, 2015
So doing Latin at A-level came in useful after all...
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Level 28
Aug 14, 2019
Yup, Latin GCSE was useful for me too
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Level 63
Feb 6, 2016
23/23 First time, had a little advantage 'cause I speak Spanish. Really fun quiz!
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Level 58
Mar 9, 2016
Just nitpicking a little, but I think mites and scorpions would also be acceptable answers for the arachnoid question. Great quiz though! :)
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Level 82
Mar 9, 2016
Ah... yes... should have gotten ovine. The ovinomancer in MtG turns creatures into sheep...
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Level 44
Mar 9, 2016
That is such an odd card just googled it haha
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Level 88
Nov 21, 2019
You made me Google it too. They 100% ripped off Monty Python's Holy Grail.
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Level 82
Apr 7, 2020
more of an obvious homage than a rip-off. They do that routinely.
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Level 82
Nov 28, 2022
and... as for being odd... yeah... it's an old card and back then they would give any good creature or one with a powerful effect some kind of serious drawback. He becomes extremely OP, though, if you want something in play that gives all of your creatures haste. The opponent can't even respond to activation by killing him because the part of the card that returns him to your hand is part of the activation cost, not an effect of activation.
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Level 67
Nov 20, 2019
It's the only one I missed.
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Level 46
Mar 9, 2016
Can't believe I didn't know Murine and Anguine. :-(
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Level 65
Mar 9, 2016
I gave up too soon....I probably could have used Greek and Latin roots to figure out a few more.
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Level 20
Mar 9, 2016
wolf > lupine > Remus Lupin

MIND BLOWN

Good one JK Rowling :)

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Level 75
Nov 20, 2019
And don't forget that Remus was one of the founders of Rome who was raised by a wolf. Rowling loaded the books with similar names. For example, mundungus is a foul-smelling tobacco - seems perfect for Mundungus Fletcher.
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Level 82
Apr 7, 2020
For people with good vocabularies these obvious on-the-nose sort of names often give away plot points before they're supposed to be, in addition to sounding very silly and implausible. Like.. did his parents name him this knowing he was going to be a werewolf? Or did he decide to change his name after he became one just to make it really obvious?
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Level 78
Apr 13, 2023
It may just be a case of nominative determinism :)
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Level 52
Nov 29, 2022
Lol that one is so obvious. You didn’t get it immediately when you read the book??
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Level 77
Mar 10, 2016
Ox or oxen should be accepted for bovine
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Level 54
Mar 10, 2016
I only knew Vulpine for Fox because of the Pokemon Vulpix :P
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Level 14
Mar 10, 2016
Vulpine= Vulpix

Taurine= Tauros

Lupine= Professor Lupin

Ursine= Ursaring

Porcine= Pork

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Level 58
Jan 7, 2017
Well, the six I missed are the six lowest answered. I guess I shouldn't feel so bad.
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Level 68
Jan 15, 2017
Same! Always good to learn a few things on each quiz.
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Level 84
Oct 17, 2017
Started off so well. Then....just crashed and burned!
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Level 30
Nov 23, 2020
Same here😜
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Level 66
Aug 27, 2018
Very useful for Esperanto learners...
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Level 80
Dec 20, 2018
Surprisingly low scores on this quiz.
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Level 21
Apr 16, 2019
Isn't it arachnid, not arachnoid?
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Level 79
Nov 20, 2019
That's the noun.
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Level 28
Aug 14, 2019
For once, a quiz I'm good at! =)
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Level 65
Oct 8, 2019
Missed murine, anserine and vermian. In hindsight I have seen murine before, Would have got it if it was multiple choice (even with 15 options) the goose one rings no bells whatsoever. And the vermian makes a lot of sense, it nearly sounds the same ( especially if you use a sort of german accent, or tight lips/clenched jaw). I obviously tried things related to vermin but didnt get around to worms.
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Level 65
Oct 8, 2019
Interesting stats btw, steep drop from vulpine and down. And avian scored MUCH higher than I would have thought, above porcine and taurine! I thought most people were familiar with porc and red bull ;). As high on the food pyramid as pizza and cola.

(most will know taurus from the zodiac and minotaur I suspect though, but that was less funny :P)

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Level 52
Nov 20, 2019
Shouldn’t scorpions be included in arachnoid
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Level 78
Nov 13, 2020
I would agree with this. Arachnoid means relating to spiders or arachnids. Look up arachnid and you get "an arthropod of the class Arachnida, such as a spider or scorpion."
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Level 67
Nov 20, 2019
22/23. Damned if I could get "ovine"! >:-(
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Level 72
Nov 21, 2019
Now I will think twice before using Murine eye drops.
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Level 51
Nov 25, 2019
I got Corvine because of Corviknight in pokemon lol
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Level 40
Jan 8, 2020
People who know romanian or italian or obviously latin orrr constellations have an advantage. good quiz!
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Level 68
Apr 13, 2021
Missed Vermian and Anguine.

The rest I managed tho! Got Anserine as I knew Geese were Anseriformes. Got Aserine because of Ass.

Fun quiz!

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Level 76
Feb 16, 2022
For the second-last one, I tried "machine"
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Level 67
Nov 28, 2022
Easy if you know bird taxonomy
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Level 23
Nov 28, 2022
Imagine knowing Latin, couldn't be me :sunglasses:
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Level 52
Dec 6, 2022
Can you accept "rat" for "murine"? Murine could mean relating to rodents as well.