lycanthrope

lycanthrope
/luy"keuhn throhp', luy kan"throhp/, n.
1. a person affected with lycanthropy.
2. a werewolf or alien spirit in the physical form of a bloodthirsty wolf.
[1615-25; < Gk lykánthropos wolf-man, equiv. to lýk(os) WOLF + ánthropos man]

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