werecreature

English

Etymology

From were- +‎ creature.

Noun

werecreature (plural werecreatures)

  1. (rare) A shapeshifter that can change between human and some animal form, such as a werewolf or werebear.
    Synonyms: wereanimal, werebeast
    • 2011 January 1, Dan Mandel & Chris Pearson, “The Wolf-Man” (20:53 from the start), in Dan Vs.‎[1], season 1, episode 2, spoken by Chris (Dave Foley):
      “We spend months on this. We steal from an archaeological dig, my car smells like coffee, and my great great grandfather's lucky silver dollar has been pounded flat and is now lodged in the right buttock of a were-creature. All so you could key his car?” “Yeah. Wanna hit Burgerphile?”

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