werehyena

English

Etymology

were- +‎ hyena

Pronunciation

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

Noun

werehyena (plural werehyenas)

1. A mythological or folkloric shapeshifter capable of assuming the shape of a hyena.
   • 1943, Thomas Alexander Lambie, Boot and saddle in Africa‎^[1], 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)
• Portuguese: homem-hiena m