werefox
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A creature from stories that is part human and part fox and can change into a fox
- noun
- /ˈwɛrˌfɑks/
- Literature
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- In folklore, a werefox possesses the cunning of a fox and the ability to speak like a person.
Examples
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The legend says that a werefox can transform from a human into a fox during the full moon.
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A "werefox" named Cutbelly—he's half fox, half human—finds Ethan.
Fiction book (2002) -
"Johnny Speakwater is the local oracle in this part of the Western Summerlands," the werefox said.
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The story featured a werefox who struggled to balance its human life and animal instincts.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word werefox comes from were- (an old English part meaning 'man' or 'person') plus fox, so it literally links a human and a fox. Think of werewolf but with a fox, and that explains why a werefox is a person who can change into a fox or is part human and part fox.