"weredog" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "were- + dog",
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          "ref": "1968, California Folklore Society, Western folklore: Volumes 27-28",
          "text": "Weredogs dread the same things which vampires, viscera suckers, and witches fear. But weredogs and witches are especially afraid of the sting ray's tail.",
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        "A shapeshifter who can change between dog and human form."
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        "(fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between dog and human form."
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        "fiction",
        "literature",
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        "(fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between dog and human form."
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