Meanings
nounwererat (plural wererats)
plural wererats
- fictionA shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat.
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.
2006, Christine Warren, Wolf at the Door: A Novel of The Others, page 205
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Translations
Dutch weerrat
- weerratshapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat
French rat-garou
- rat-garoushapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat
Japanese 鼠人間, 鼠男
- 鼠人間 (nezumi ningen)shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat
- 鼠男 (nezumi otoko)shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat
- 人鼠 (jinso)shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat
Polish szczurołak
- szczurołakshapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat
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Cite this entry
APA
wererat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wererat
MLA
“wererat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wererat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wererat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wererat.
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