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wereporcupine

wereporcupine noun: a shapeshifter who can change between porcupine and human form.

Noun

wereporcupine (plural wereporcupines)

  1. (rare) A shapeshifter who can change between porcupine and human form.
    • […] it's been unraveling like a wereporcupine's cheap holiday sweater ever since.2008, Rich Burlew, The Order of the Stick, #522 (published in Order of the Stick: Don't Split the Party)
    • It's good that I wasn't a wereporcupine, or his mouth would be full of quills.2011, Ilona Andrews, "Magic Dreams", Hexed, Penguin, →ISBN

Forms of wereporcupine

pluralwereporcupines

Origin of wereporcupine

From were- + porcupine.

Questions about wereporcupine

What does wereporcupine mean?
Wereporcupine means a shapeshifter who can change between porcupine and human form.
What part of speech is wereporcupine?
Wereporcupine is a noun.
What is the plural of wereporcupine?
The plural of wereporcupine is wereporcupines.

Words near wereporcupine in the dictionary

  1. wereorcs
  2. wereowl
  3. wereowls
  4. werepanther
  5. werepanthers
  6. wereporcupine
  7. wereporcupines
  8. werepuma
  9. werepumas
  10. werepup
  11. werepuppies

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