werehyena

English

Etymology

were- +‎ hyena

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪəːhaɪˌiːnə/, /ˈwɛəhaɪˌiːnə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛɹhaɪˌiːnə/, /ˈwɪɹhaɪˌiːnə/

Noun

werehyena (plural werehyenas)

A mythological or folkloric shapeshifter capable of assuming the shape of a hyena.
- 1943, Thomas Alexander Lambie, Boot and saddle in Africa‎, page 48:
  People believed that the werewolves, or werehyenas, which they called buda, were too strong in those places to permit safe habitation by human beings.

Translations

shapeshifter assuming the shape of a hyena

French: hyène-garou (fr) f
Japanese: ハイエナ人間 (haiena ningen)

Polish: hienołak (pl)

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