Werehyena

//ˈwɛɹhaɪˌiːnə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shapeshifter capable of assuming the form of a hyena.

    "People believed that the werewolves, or werehyenas, which they called buda, were too strong in those places to permit safe habitation by human beings."

Etymology

From were- + hyena.

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