When an adjective describes a noun but that adjective is derived from a different root than the noun, it is known as a collateral adjective.
For example, canine is the collateral adjective for dog.
It is helpful to familiarize yourself with collateral adjectives because they have a scientific, scholarly, intellectual appeal that can make an article you are writing sound much more impressive.
For example, which sounds better to you?
Hunting and tracking are useful doggy capabiliities or Hunting and tracking are useful canine capabiliities?
| A *** A *** A | |
| abdomen | ventral |
| abdominal cavity | celiac |
| actor, acting | histrionic, thespian |
| adjective | epithetic |
| aesthetic pleasure | sensuous |
| aging | geriatric |
| agriculture | geoponic |
| air | pneumatic |
| alphabet | abecedarian |
| amber | succinic |
| animal | zoological |
| ankle bone | astragalar |
| ant | formic, myrmecological |
| anteater | myrmecophagine |
| antimony | stibial |
| ape (or monkey) | simian |
| Aphrodite | cytherean |
| apple | malic |
| aristocratic | genteel |
| Aristotle | peripatetic |
| arm | brachial |
| armadillo | dasypine |
| armpit | axillary |
| arrangement (order) | tactical |
| arrow | sagittal |
| ash | cinerary |
| ass (animal) | asinine |
| author | auctorial |
| B *** B *** B | |
| baby | infantile |
| back (lower part) | dorsal |
| back of head | occipital |
| badger | meline |
| barber | tonsorial |
| bat (animal) | chiropteran, vespertilionine |
| bathroom | lavatorial, lavatory |
| baths, bathing | balneal |
| bear | ursine |
| beaver | castorine |
| bee | apian |
| beeswax | cerotic |
| beginning | initial |
| bell | tintinnabulary |
| bile | cholic |
| bird | avian, ornithic |
| bird of prey | raptorial |
| birth | natal, parturient |
| birthday | genethliac |
| bishop | episcopal |
| Black Sea | euxine |
| bladder | cystic, vesical |
| blood | hemal, hematic, hemic, hematal, sanguineous |
| blood vessels | vascular |
| bodily motion | gestic |
| body | corporal, corporeal, somatic, carnal |
| bone | osseous, osteal, osteoid |
| book | bibliographic |
| boxing | pugilistic, fistic |
| brain | cerebral, cerebric, encephalic |
| branch | ramal, ramiform |
| branched | bifurcated |
| branching patterns | ramiferous, cladistic |
| bread | panary |
| breast | mammary, mammilary |
| breastbone | sternal |
| bridge | pontine |
| brother | fraternal |
| bud | blastous |
| buffalo | bubaline |
| building | edificial |
| bull | taurine |
| business | commercial |
| butter | butyric |
| butterfly | papilionaceous, lepidopterous |
| buttock | gluteal |
| buzzard | buteonine |
| C *** C *** C | |
| camel | cameline |
| car | automotive |
| cat | feline |
| cattle | bovine |
| chalk | cretaceous, calcareous |
| cheese | caseous |
| chest | thoracic, pectoral |
| chicken | galline |
| child | juvenile, puerile |
| chin | genian |
| China | Sinitic |
| china (tableware) | ceramic |
| church | ecclesiastical |
| citizen | civic |
| city | urban, civic, metropolitan |
| clock | horological |
| clothing | sartorial |
| coin (medal) | numismatic |
| comb | ctenoid, pectinate |
| cooking | culinary |
| copper | cupric, cuprous |
| countryside | rural, rustic, bucolic, agrestic |
| courts | forensic, juridical |
| cow | bovine |
| crab | cancrine |
| cross | cruciate, cruciform |
| crossword | cruciverbal |
| crow | corvine |
| D *** D *** D | |
| dance | terpsichorean |
| daughter (or son) | filial |
| dawn | auroral |
| day | diurnal |
| dean | decanal |
| deer | cervine |
| desert | xeric |
| devil | diabolic/diabolical, satanic |
| dog | canine |
| dolphin | delphine |
| donkey | asinine |
| dove | columbine |
| dream | oneiric |
| dusk | crepuscular, twilight |
| E *** E *** E | |
| eagle | aquiline |
| ear | aural, otic |
| east | oriental |
| Easter | paschal |
| education | didactic |
| eight | octonary, eighth |
| elbow joint | anconoid |
| elderly | geriatric, gerontic |
| elephant | proboscine |
| end | final, terminal |
| equinox | equinoctial |
| evening | nocturnal, vespertine |
| eye | optic, ocular, ophthalmic |
| eyelid | palpebral |
| F *** F *** F | |
| fall | autumnal |
| fat | adipic, sebaceous, corpulent |
| father | paternal, agnate |
| finch, (& other small birds) | fringilline |
| finger (or toe) | digital |
| fir | abietic |
| fire | igneous (refers to volcanic rock) |
| fish | piscatorial, piscine, ichthyic |
| five | quinary, fifth |
| flesh | carnal |
| flood | diluvial, diluvian, clysmian |
| fog | brumous |
| foot (body part) | pedal |
| forest | sylvan |
| forestry | arboricultural, silvicultural |
| forked | bifurcated |
| four | quaternary |
| fox | vulpine |
| France (or French) | Gallic |
| frog | ranine, batrachian (also applies to toads) |
| G *** G *** G | |
| garden | horticultural |
| gemstone | lapidary |
| ghost | spectral |
| giraffe | giraffine |
| Glasgow | Glaswegian |
| glass | vitreous |
| goat | caprine, hircine |
| god | divine |
| gold | auric |
| goose | anserine |
| governor | gubernatorial |
| grass | gramineous |
| Greece (or Greek) | Hellenic |
| guardian | tutelary |
| gums (dental) | gingival |
| H *** H *** H | |
| hair | pilar |
| Halifax | Haligonian |
| hamster | cricetine |
| hand | manual |
| hare / rabbits / pikas | leporine, lagomorphic |
| hawk | butine |
| hearing | auditory, aural |
| heart | cardiac |
| heat | thermal, caloric |
| heather | ericaceous |
| hip joint | sciatic |
| hippopotamus | hippopotamine |
| hog | suilline |
| home | domestic |
| horse | equine |
| hyena | hyenine |
| I *** I *** I | |
| ice | glacial |
| Ireland | Hibernian |
| iron | ferric, ferrous |
| island | insular |
| J *** J *** J | |
| jail | carceral |
| jaw | maxillary, gnathic |
| Jupiter | jovian |
| K *** K *** K | |
| kangaroo | macropidine |
| kidney | renal, nephritic, nephric |
| king | regal, royal |
| L *** L *** L | |
| lake | lacustrine |
| law | legal |
| lead (metal) | plumbeous |
| Leeds | Leodensian |
| left | sinistral |
| leg | crural |
| leg bone | fibular, tibial |
| letter (missive) | epistolary |
| life | vital |
| light (physics) | photic, optic, optical, luminous |
| lion | leonine |
| lip | labial |
| liver | hepatic |
| lizard | saurian |
| lobster | homarine |
| love | amatory, amorous |
| lung | pulmonary |
| M *** M *** M | |
| machine | mechanical |
| man | anthropic, masculine, virile |
| marble | marmoreal |
| marriage | nuptial, conjugal, connubial, hymeneal, matrimonial |
| mating | nuptial |
| meal | prandial |
| meaning | semantic |
| mercurial | hermetic |
| milk | lactic |
| mind | mental |
| mirror | specular |
| mist | brumous |
| Monaco | Monégasque |
| money | pecuniary, financial |
| monkey (ape) | simian |
| moon | lunar |
| morning | matinal, matutinal |
| mosquito | aedine |
| moth (butterfly) | lepidopterous |
| mother | maternal |
| mouse | murine |
| mouth | oral |
| N *** N *** N | |
| nail / claw / hoof | ungual |
| name | nominal |
| neck | cervical |
| nephew | nepotal |
| nerve | neural |
| Netherlands | Dutch |
| night | nocturnal |
| nine | nonary, ninth |
| north | boreal |
| nose | nasal, rhinal |
| noun | nominal |
| O *** O *** O | |
| ocean | thalassic |
| octopus | octopine |
| oil | oleic |
| one | primary, first |
| owl | strigine |
| P *** P *** P | |
| parish | parochial |
| parrot | psittacine |
| peacock | pavonine |
| pearl | margaric |
| penis | phallic |
| people | demotic |
| pig | porcine |
| plant | botanical |
| possum | didelphine |
| pottery | fictile |
| porcupine | hystricine |
| porpoise | phocaenine |
| python | pythonine |
| Q *** Q *** Q *** Q | |
| queen | reginal, royal |
| R *** R *** R *** R | |
| rabbits / hares / pikas | lagomorphic |
| raccoon | procyonine |
| rain | pluvial |
| religion | theological |
| rib | costal |
| right | dextral |
| river | fluvial |
| river bank | riparian |
| rodent | glirine |
| S *** S *** S | |
| San Marino | Sammarinese |
| sailor | nautical |
| sarcasm | sardonic |
| Saturn | saturnine |
| Scotland | Caledonian |
| sea | maritime, marine, pelagic |
| seagull | larine |
| seahorse | hippocampine |
| seal | otarine, phocine |
| seven | septenary, seventh |
| sheep | ovine |
| shepherd | pastoral |
| ship | nautical, marine, naval |
| shore | littoral |
| shrew | soricine |
| sight | visual |
| sign | semiotic |
| sister | sororal |
| six | senary, sixth |
| skin | dermal |
| skunk | mephitine |
| skull | cranial |
| sky | celestial |
| sleep | hypnoid |
| slug (mollusk) | limacine |
| smell | olfactory |
| snake | serpentine |
| snakelike | anguine |
| snow | niveous, nival |
| son (or daughter) | filial |
| sound | sonic, acoustic |
| south | austral |
| Spain | Hispanic, Spanish |
| sparrow (& perching birds) | passerine |
| speech | verbal |
| spider | arachnoid |
| spring (season) | vernal |
| squirrel | sciurine |
| stamp (postal) | philatelic |
| star | stellar, sidereal, astral |
| starch | farinaceous, amyloid |
| stomach | gastric |
| sulphur | thionic |
| summer | estival |
| sun | solar |
| surface | superficial |
| swan | cygnine |
| Switzerland | Helvetian, Helvetic |
| symbol | semiotic |
| T *** T *** T | |
| table | mensal (especially dining table) |
| tail | caudal |
| tailor | sartorial |
| taste | gustatory |
| teacher | pedagogical |
| ten | decimal, denary, tenth |
| three | ternary, tertiary, third |
| threshold | liminal |
| throat | pharyngeal |
| thunder | fulmineous |
| tiger | tigrine |
| time | temporal |
| tin | stannic, stannous |
| toad (frog) | batrachian |
| toe (or finger) | digital |
| tongue | lingual |
| tooth | dental |
| tortoise | geochine |
| touch | tactile, haptic |
| town | urban |
| turtle | chelonian, terrapine |
| tree | arboreal, dendroid |
| truth | veracious |
| twilight | crepuscular |
| two | dual, binary, second |
| U *** U *** U | |
| uncle | avuncular |
| underworld | chthonic, infernal |
| V *** V *** V | |
| Venus | Cytherean |
| vinegar | acetic |
| vulture | aegypine |
| W ***W ***W | |
| walk | pedestrian, ambulant |
| wasp | vespine |
| water | aqueous |
| wax | cerotic (specifically, beeswax) |
| weasel | musteline |
| weather | meteorological |
| week | hebdomadal |
| west | occidental |
| whale | cetaceous |
| wife | uxorial |
| wind | eolian (less commonly aeolian) |
| window | fenestral |
| wine | vinic |
| wing | alar |
| winter | brumal, hibernal, hiemal, |
| wire | funicular |
| wolf | lupine |
| wood (forest, trees) | sylvan |
| woodpecker | picine |
| woman | feminine |
| word | lexical |
| worm | lumbricine |
| wrist | carpal |
| Y *** Y *** Y | |
| yak | bosine |
| year | annual |
| Z *** Z *** Z | |
| zebra | zebroid, zebrine, hippotigrine |
| zero | zeroth |