werejaguar

English

Etymology

were- +‎ jaguar

Noun

werejaguar (plural werejaguars)

  1. (fiction, mythology) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a jaguar.
    • 1971, Horizon, page 73:
      The rain god appears as a werejaguar, part human, part snarling beast.
    • 1973, Nancy Garden, Werewolves, Lippincott (1973), →ISBN, page 115 (image caption):
      A pottery figure of a Mexican god who was thought to assume the shapes of many animals. Here he is shown as a werejaguar.
    • 2008, Buried Treasures: Young Explorers' Guide, QA International, →ISBN, page 33:
      Before your eyes, the shaman has transformed himself into a werejaguar!

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