werelioness en · NOUN
Etymology
From were- + lioness.
Meanings
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A shapeshifter who can change between lioness and human form.
Rue was pretty certain Miss Sekhmet would rather keep her identity as a werelioness secret. It was all very well to reveal weremonkeys to the British government but werecats was taking things too far.
2015, Gail Carriger, Prudence, Orbit, →ISBN:A lanky werelioness with black, spiky hair—and two semiautomatic pistols in holsters that formed an X on her chest— sprawled in a chair outside the door. Ari raised an eyebrow, but the sight wasn't entirely unexpected.
2015, Ally Shields, Eternal Fires, Etopia Press, →ISBN:A fact her mortal-purist father discouraged having disclosed was that the great monster-hunting Van Helsings had werelionesses for both a great- grandmother and a great-aunt. This ancestry Jane took great pride in.
2005, Minda Webber, The Reluctant Miss Van Helsing, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| werelionesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
fr lionne-garou (shapeshifter) · pl lwicołak (shapeshifter)