Meanings
nounwerejaguar (plural werejaguars)
plural werejaguars
- fictionA shapeshifter who can assume the form of a jaguar.
The rain god appears as a werejaguar, part human, part snarling beast.
1971, Horizon, page 732 more examples
A pottery figure of a Mexican god who was thought to assume the shapes of many animals. Here he is shown as a werejaguar.
1973, Nancy Garden, Werewolves, Lippincott (1973), page 115 (image caption)Before your eyes, the shaman has transformed himself into a werejaguar!
2008, Buried Treasures: Young Explorers' Guide, QA International, →ISBN, page 33
Origin
Translations
Dutch weerjaguar
- weerjaguarshapeshifter
French jaguar-garou
- jaguar-garoushapeshifter
Japanese ジャガー人間
- ジャガー人間 (jagā ningen)shapeshifter
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