werelioness

English

Etymology

were- +‎ lioness

Noun

werelioness (plural werelionesses)

  1. (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between lioness and human form.
    • 2005, Minda Webber, The Reluctant Miss Van Helsing, →ISBN:
      A fact her mortal-purist father discouraged having disclosed was that the great monster-hunting Van Helsings had werelionesses for both a great- grandmother and a great-aunt. This ancestry Jane took great pride in.
    • 2015, Gail Carriger, Prudence, Orbit, →ISBN:
      Rue was pretty certain Miss Sekhmet would rather keep her identity as a werelioness secret. It was all very well to reveal weremonkeys to the British government but werecats was taking things too far.
    • 2015, Ally Shields, Eternal Fires, Etopia Press, →ISBN:
      A lanky werelioness with black, spiky hair—and two semiautomatic pistols in holsters that formed an X on her chest— sprawled in a chair outside the door. Ari raised an eyebrow, but the sight wasn't entirely unexpected.

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