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werejaguar en · NOUN

Etymology

From were- + jaguar.

Meanings

1. A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a jaguar.
   • Before your eyes, the shaman has transformed himself into a werejaguar! 2008, Buried Treasures: Young Explorers' Guide, QA International, →ISBN, page 33:
   • The rain god appears as a werejaguar, part human, part snarling beast. 1971, Horizon, page 73:
   • A pottery figure of a Mexican god who was thought to assume the shapes of many animals. Here he is shown as a werejaguar. 1973, Nancy Garden, Werewolves, Lippincott (1973), page 115 (image caption)

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Translations (3)

fr jaguar-garou (shapeshifter) · nl weerjaguar (shapeshifter) · ja ジャガー人間 (shapeshifter)