"werelioness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: werelionesses [plural]
Etymology: were- + lioness Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|were|lioness}} were- + lioness Head templates: {{en-noun}} werelioness (plural werelionesses)
  1. (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between lioness and human form. Categories (topical): Fiction Hypernyms: werecat Coordinate_terms: werelion Translations (shapeshifter): lionne-garou [feminine] (French)

Inflected forms

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