wererat

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English

Etymology

were- +‎ rat

Pronunciation

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Noun

wererat (plural wererats)

(fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat.
- 2006, Christine Warren, Wolf at the Door: A Novel of The Others, page 205
  The only other animal he'd seen hadn't been an animal at all, but a wererat who had given him a curious look before darting away into an alley.

Translations

shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat

Dutch: weerrat m
French: rat-garou (fr)
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Japanese: 鼠人間 (nezumi ningen), 鼠男 (nezumi otoko), 人鼠 (jinso)

Anagrams

rewater, waterer

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