"wererat" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2006, Christine Warren, Wolf at the Door: A Novel of The Others, page 205:",
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        "A shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat."
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        "(fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat."
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          "sense": "shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat",
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          "word": "weerrat"
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          "sense": "shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat",
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          "word": "rat-garou"
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          "roman": "nezumi ningen",
          "sense": "shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat",
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          "roman": "nezumi otoko",
          "sense": "shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat",
          "word": "鼠男"
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      "word": "weerrat"
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      "roman": "nezumi ningen",
      "sense": "shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat",
      "word": "鼠人間"
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      "sense": "shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat",
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