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weredolphin

weredolphin noun: a shapeshifter that can transform from a human to a dolphin or dolphin-like creature.

Noun

weredolphin (plural weredolphins)

  1. (rare) A shapeshifter that can transform from a human to a dolphin or dolphin-like creature.
    • In her investigations into the weredolphin folklore of Brazil, Candace Slater found similar traits assigned to people who were slowly being converted into weredolphins, but who had not yet started transforming.2000, Rosalyn Greene, The Magic of Shapeshifting, York Beach, ME: Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN, page 137
    • I knew this one poor weredolphin in the Pacific that got coerced into working for the OSS doing naval recon back in ’44.2010, Larry Correia, Monster Hunter Vendetta, Riverdale, NY: Baen Publishing Enterprises, →ISBN, page 281

Forms of weredolphin

pluralweredolphins

Origin of weredolphin

From were- + dolphin.

Questions about weredolphin

What does weredolphin mean?
Weredolphin means a shapeshifter that can transform from a human to a dolphin or dolphin-like creature.
What part of speech is weredolphin?
Weredolphin is a noun.
What is the plural of weredolphin?
The plural of weredolphin is weredolphins.

Words near weredolphin in the dictionary

  1. weredas
  2. weredingo
  3. weredingos
  4. weredog
  5. weredogs
  6. weredolphin
  7. weredolphins
  8. weredonkey
  9. weredonkeys
  10. weredragon
  11. weredragons

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