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lycanthrope

Noun

ly=can=thrope

WORDNET DICTIONARY

lycanthrope(n = noun.person) loup-garou, werewolf, wolfman - a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again; Array

is a kind of mythical creature, mythical monster

lycanthrope, n. [Gr. ; a wolf + a man.].

A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf. [1913 Webster]
One affected with lycanthropy. [1913 Webster]

lycanthrope, n.
1 a werewolf.
2 an insane person who believes that he or she is an animal, esp. a wolf.

Etymology

mod.L lycanthropus f. Gk (as LYCANTHROPY)

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