"skinwalker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: skinwalkers [plural]
Etymology: skin + walker Etymology templates: {{compound|en|skin|walker}} skin + walker Head templates: {{en-noun}} skinwalker (plural skinwalkers)
  1. A person, in certain Native American mythologies, who can transform into any animal when wearing its pelt. Wikipedia link: skinwalker Categories (topical): People Synonyms: skin-walker Related terms: skinwalking, nahual, narnauk Translations (shapeshifter): yee naaldlooshii (Navajo), montapieles [masculine] (Spanish)

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