423. Wolves

See also 16. ANIMALS .

lycanthrope

1. a person suffering from lycanthropy.

2. a werewolf or alien spirit in the form of a bloodthirsty wolf.

3. a person reputed to be able to change himself or another person into a wolf.

lycanthropy

1. Psychiatry. Also called lycomania . a kind of insanity in which the patient believes himself to be a beast, especially a wolf.

2. the supposed or fabled assumption of the form of a wolf by a human being. — lycanthropic , adj.

lycomania

lycanthropy.