Struthionine

Ostrichlike, characterized by having the head buried in the sand

From Greek, strouthos sparrow

strouthoi ai megalai ostriches ("big sparrows")

Other animal words using the -ine suffix ("of", "related to"):

anserine (geese), aquiline, asinine, bovine, canine, cervine, elephantine, equine, feline, hircine (goats), leonine, leporine (rabbits), lupine, murine (mice), ovine, passerine (sparrows), pavonine (peacocks), phocine (seals), piscine, porcine, soricine (shrews) taurine, ursine, vespine, viperine, vulpine, zebrine.

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