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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(fiction) A shapeshifter that can change between human and some animal form, such as a werewolf or werebear..
A peculiarity of were-animals is the sympathy that exists between their animal form and that of the human with whom it is connected.
Lysander was speaking to a confused-looking wereanimal.
His otherworldly energy danced along my skin, and as had happened in New Mexico with a very different wereanimal, it called that piece of Richard's beast that seemed to live inside me. It brought that power in a rush down my skin, ...
“You're a fool, Todd. You didn't need anything to protect you,” Muriel said. “Ray was killed by a wereanimal.” “They have the wereanimal that killed Ray locked up. He can't hurt anyone anymore,” she said.
Use wereanimal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wereanimal means (fiction) A shapeshifter that can change between human and some animal form, such as a werewolf or werebear..
Common synonyms include werebeast, werecreature.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A peculiarity of were-animals is the sympathy that exists between their animal form and that of the human with whom it is connected.
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