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Post by Admin on May 1, 2009 9:27:27 GMT
All animals have a scientific adjective (I realised this when the Swine flu came out xD)
So help me name as many as possible, NO GOOGLING, WIKI, ETC...
Note that it is the family so Tigers are also 'Feline' so just put down a basic animal from the family.
Animal family - Adjective
Cat - Feline
Dog - Canine
Bird - Avian
Cow - Bovine
Horse - Equine
Rat - Vermin
Pig - Swine
Monkeys - Simian
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Post by michael472 on May 2, 2009 1:55:02 GMT
wait...aren't adjective's describing words? Or...is this way of saying adjective different? .-.
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Post by Admin on May 2, 2009 10:03:47 GMT
They are describing words, like Avain flu, What type of flu? Avian flu
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Post by Archer on May 2, 2009 10:49:53 GMT
I've heard about it FP.It's used so that when different people from different countries meet and talk about something they know what they're talking about because different countries have different ways of calling stuff.
Most of what I know has already been listed down by FP.There's still one that I know though....
Squirrel - Rodent
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Post by Admin on May 2, 2009 10:51:57 GMT
Isnt Rodent - rat as well?
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Post by Archer on May 2, 2009 11:13:39 GMT
Yeah.Well, rodents actually are animals with continuously growing incisors in both the upper and the lower jaws and must be kept short by continuously gnawing.This is why we hear gnawing sounds from squirrels, rats and lots more mammals cause most mammals are rodents.
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Post by michael472 on May 2, 2009 16:39:26 GMT
I meant, like you would say piscine for fish-like, but meh...
I thought things like swine were nouns...I'm wrong too much x.x
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