werecat
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A werecat (also written in a hyphenated form as were-cat) is an analog to "werewolf" for a feline therianthropic creature.
Key facts
- Mythical creature.name
- Werecat
- Mythical creature.AKA
- Vârcopisică
- Mythical creature.Folklore
- Legendary creatureMythological hybrid
- Mythical creature.Grouping
- Therianthrope
- Mythical creature.Similar_entities
- WerewolfSkin-walker
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A werecat (also written in a hyphenated form as were-cat) is an analog to "werewolf" for a feline therianthropic creature.
==Etymology== Ailuranthropy comes from the Greek root words ailouros meaning "cat", and anthropos, meaning "human" and refers to human/feline transformations, or to other beings that combine feline and human characteristics. Its root word ailouros is also used in ailurophilia, the most common term for a deep love of cats.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “werecat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.