werehyena

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English

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Etymology

From were- +‎ hyena.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

werehyena (plural werehyenas)

  1. A mythological or folkloric shapeshifter capable of assuming the shape of a hyena.
    • 1943, Thomas Alexander Lambie, Boot and saddle in Africa‎, 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.

Translations

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