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hengeyokai

hengeyokai noun: a legendary Japanese animal with the ability to shapeshift into human form.

Noun

hengeyokai (plural hengeyokai)

  1. A legendary Japanese animal with the ability to shapeshift into human form.
    • Hengeyokai are intelligent, shape-changing animals. Several subraces exist, each a different type of animal. They are found throughout the Oriental world, usually on the fringes of human-settled lands.1985, David Cook, Oriental Adventures, TSR Inc., →ISBN
    • 1998-01-28, Lee Gold, Re: B5 Filk: You Picked A Fine Time To Leave Us Sinclair, rec.music.filk
      If a hengeyokai fails to concentrate (or perhaps gets distracted -- due to being beaten, seeing a mouse, fatigue), the human form's ears may get pointed or a tail may appear.

Forms of hengeyokai

pluralhengeyokai

Origin of hengeyokai

From Japanese 変化妖怪.

Questions about hengeyokai

What does hengeyokai mean?
Hengeyokai means a legendary Japanese animal with the ability to shapeshift into human form.
What part of speech is hengeyokai?
Hengeyokai is a noun.
What is the plural of hengeyokai?
The plural of hengeyokai is hengeyokai.

Words near hengeyokai in the dictionary

  1. Hengelo
  2. Hengels
  3. henges
  4. Hengeveld
  5. Hengevelds
  6. hengeyokai
  7. Hengfeng
  8. Henghua
  9. Henghuas
  10. Henghwa
  11. Henghwas

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