wereporcupine

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English

Etymology

From were- +‎ porcupine.

Noun

wereporcupine (plural wereporcupines)

  1. (rare) A shapeshifter who can change between porcupine and human form.
    • 2008, Rich Burlew, The Order of the Stick, #522 (published in Order of the Stick: Don't Split the Party, →ISBN
      it's been unraveling like a wereporcupine's cheap holiday sweater ever since.
    • 2011, Ilona Andrews, "Magic Dreams", Hexed, Penguin, →ISBN:
      It's good that I wasn't a wereporcupine, or his mouth would be full of quills.
    • 2018, Sarah Kuhn, Heroine's Journey, Penguin, →ISBN:
      “Sexy wereporcupine shifters.”