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lycanthrope (n.)

1620s in the classical sense "one who imagines himself to be a wolf and behaves as one;" 1825 in the modern sense "werewolf, human who supernaturally transforms into a wolf," from Modern Latin lycanthropus, from Greek lykanthropos "wolf-man" (see lycanthropy), and compare werewolf. Related: Lycanthropic.

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Definitions of lycanthrope from WordNet

lycanthrope (n.)
a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again;
Synonyms: werewolf / wolfman / loup-garou
From wordnet.princeton.edu