werecrocodile

English

Etymology

From were- +‎ crocodile.

Noun

werecrocodile (plural werecrocodiles)

1. (fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a crocodile.
   • 2000, Rosalyn Greene, The Magic of Shapeshifting, Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN, page 77:

     Werecrocodile legends are quire common wherever crocodiles are found.

   • 2005, Kameron Franklin, Maiden of Pain: The Priests‎^[1], Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN:

     As though responding to some unseen signal, one of the submerged werecrocodiles reared up in a spray of water and transformed into its human shape

   • 2012, Ilona Andrews, “Retribution Clause”, in P. N. Elrod, editor, Hex Appeal, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 32:

     The werecrocodile laughed at him, the feral grin of a predator displaying nightmarish fangs.