Lycanthropy
Transformation
into a wolf:
in horror stories and legends, the transformation of a person
into a wolf.
Lycanthrope
Werewolf:
a werewolf (literary) [Early 17th century. Via modern Latin
from Greek lukanthrpos , from lukos "wolf" + anthrpos "human
being."]
Theriomorphic
(GK theriomorphos, fr. therion beast + morphe
form - more at treacle): having an animal form.
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