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werelioness

werelioness noun: a shapeshifter who can change between lioness and human form.

Noun

werelioness (plural werelionesses)

  1. A shapeshifter who can change between lioness and human form.
    • A fact her mortal-purist father discouraged having disclosed was that the great monster-hunting Van Helsings had werelionesses for both a great- grandmother and a great-aunt. This ancestry Jane took great pride in.2005, Minda Webber, The Reluctant Miss Van Helsing, →ISBN
    • Rue was pretty certain Miss Sekhmet would rather keep her identity as a werelioness secret. It was all very well to reveal weremonkeys to the British government but werecats was taking things too far.2015, Gail Carriger, Prudence, Orbit, →ISBN

Forms of werelioness

pluralwerelionesses

Origin of werelioness

From were- + lioness.

Questions about werelioness

What does werelioness mean?
Werelioness means a shapeshifter who can change between lioness and human form.
What part of speech is werelioness?
Werelioness is a noun.
What is the plural of werelioness?
The plural of werelioness is werelionesses.

Words near werelioness in the dictionary

  1. werekitten
  2. werekittens
  3. wereleopard
  4. wereleopards
  5. werelion
  6. werelioness
  7. werelionesses
  8. werelions
  9. weremammoth
  10. weremammoths
  11. wereman

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