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wereowl

wereowl noun: a shapeshifter who can assume the form of an owl.

Noun

wereowl (plural wereowls)

  1. A shapeshifter who can assume the form of an owl.
    • The garden of a wereowl at midnight makes a perilous salad bar.1993, Patricia Kindl, Owl in Love, Graphia (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), →ISBN, page 42.
    • There was a wereowl at school who was always complaining that the lights were too bright. Of course, if I'd been a wereowl, I wouldn't have needed to be here.2017, Emily Martha Sorensen, Trials of a Teenage Werevulture, Emily Martha Sorensen

Forms of wereowl

pluralwereowls

Origin of wereowl

From were- + owl.

Questions about wereowl

What does wereowl mean?
Wereowl means a shapeshifter who can assume the form of an owl.
What part of speech is wereowl?
Wereowl is a noun.
What is the plural of wereowl?
The plural of wereowl is wereowls.

Words near wereowl in the dictionary

  1. werena
  2. werenae
  3. werent
  4. wereorc
  5. wereorcs
  6. wereowl
  7. wereowls
  8. werepanther
  9. werepanthers
  10. wereporcupine
  11. wereporcupines

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