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werefish

werefish noun: a shapeshifter who can change between fish and human form.

Noun

werefish (plural werefish or werefishes)

  1. (rare) A shapeshifter who can change between fish and human form.
    • “That is indeed true,” said The Last Wizard. “But suppose you become a werebug, which could be crushed underfoot? Or a werefish, which would flip and flop in death throes on the floor of this cave?”1961, Ray Russell, Sardonicus and Other Stories, New York, NY: Ballantine Books, page 60
    • I do not believe Dr. Canard’s preposterous story. I do not believe in werewolves, wereducks, were-elephants or werefish.1986, Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Short Stories for Young Adults, San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 287

Forms of werefish

pluralwerefish
pluralwerefishes

Origin of werefish

From were- + fish.

Questions about werefish

What does werefish mean?
Werefish means a shapeshifter who can change between fish and human form.
What part of speech is werefish?
Werefish is a noun.
What is the plural of werefish?
The plural of werefish is werefish.

Words near werefish in the dictionary

  1. weredragons
  2. weredwarf
  3. weredwarfs
  4. wereelephant
  5. wereelephants
  6. werefish
  7. werefishes
  8. werefolk
  9. werefolks
  10. werefox
  11. werefoxes

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