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Meaning of LYCANTHROPE

Pronunciation:  'lIkun`throwp

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf
 
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 Synonyms: werewolf, wolfman
 
 See Also: mythical creature, mythical monster

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ly"can*thrope\, n. [Gr. ?; ? a wolf + ? a man.]
1. A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a
   werewolf.
2. One affected with lycanthropy.
 
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