"werehare" meaning in English

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          "text": "“‘Oh my,’ cried the first camper. ‘Now I understand you completely. You've turned into a werehare!’",
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          "text": "Like all the children in the neighborhood, A____ and Z____ had grown up hearing strange stories about the Were-Hare, the monster rabbit who allegedly haunted the woods behind their street. According to legend, the Were-Hare had teeth of gold, so long they reached below his chin. Anybody bitten by the Were-Hare went mad—and believed for the rest of his life he was a rodent in human form. On the other hand, anybody who managed to extract one of the Were-Hare's teeth would have good luck for as long as he could keep the tooth.",
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          "text": "\"Maybe it wasn't the Seeing Hare at all, maybe it was a person in hare form. A were-hare. Look, I don't know!\"",
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          "text": "If he hadn't know better, he'd have thought she was a werehare, something that lived to nibble grass and hide. Not the infuriated creature who had nearly killed a werewolf in his prime.",
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        "(fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a hare."
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