{"senses": [{"examples": [{"text": "“That is indeed true,” said The Last Wizard. “But suppose you become a werebug, which could be crushed underfoot? Or a werefish, which would flip and flop in death throes on the floor of this cave?”", "ref": "1961, Ray Russell, Sardonicus and Other Stories, New York, NY: Ballantine Books, page 60:", "type": "quotation", "bold_text_offsets": [[119, 127]]}, {"text": "I do not believe Dr. Canard’s preposterous story. I do not believe in werewolves, wereducks, were-elephants or werefish.", "ref": "1986, Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Short Stories for Young Adults, San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 287:", "type": "quotation", "bold_text_offsets": [[111, 119]]}, {"text": "First, does a fishman need water every time he transforms? Can he breath air? The scary thing about a werefish is that his species has a lot to be upset about: A \"small\" amount of pollution in his ocean affects the delicate balance under the waves.", "ref": "2006, Ben Dunn, David Hutchison, Rod Espinosa, How to Draw: Pocket Manga, volume 3, San Antonio, TX: Antarctic Press, →ISBN, unnumbered page:", "type": "quotation", "bold_text_offsets": [[102, 110]]}], "topics": ["fantasy"], "categories": ["English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English indeclinable nouns", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English nouns with irregular plurals", "English rare terms", "English terms prefixed with were-", "English terms with quotations", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "en:Fantasy"], "links": [["fantasy", "fantasy"], ["shapeshifter", "shapeshifter"]], "raw_glosses": ["(rare, fantasy) A shapeshifter who can change between fish and human form."], "glosses": ["A shapeshifter who can change between fish and human form."], "tags": ["rare"]}], "pos": "noun", "head_templates": [{"name": "en-noun", "args": {"1": "*", "2": "+"}, "expansion": "werefish (plural werefish or werefishes)"}], "forms": [{"form": "werefish", "tags": ["plural"]}, {"form": "werefishes", "tags": ["plural"]}], "etymology_text": "From were- + fish.", "etymology_templates": [{"name": "af", "args": {"1": "en", "2": "were-", "3": "fish"}, "expansion": "were- + fish"}], "word": "werefish", "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en"}