werehyena

English

Etymology

From were- +‎ hyena.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɪəhaɪˌiːnə/, /ˈwɛəhaɪˌiːnə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɛɹhaɪˌiːnə/, /ˈwɪɹhaɪˌiːnə/
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Noun

werehyena (plural werehyenas)

  1. (fantasy, mythology) A shapeshifter capable of assuming the form of a hyena.
    • 1943, Thomas Alexander Lambie, Boot and saddle in Africa‎[1], page 48:
      People believed that the werewolves, or werehyenas, which they called buda, were too strong in those places to permit safe habitation by human beings.

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