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  • noun Plural form of lycanthrope.

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Examples

  • Why do you insist on using the term lycanthropes when referring to the FM and DFM?

    Slugger O'Toole 2009

  • (From BarnesandNoble. com) An ancient race of lycanthropes has survived to the present day, and its numbers are growing.

    WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR MAY 9TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010

  • For additional fascinating information on lycanthropes and their strange cousins,I strongly commend you to Brad Steiger's "The Werewolf Book:The Encyclopedia of Shape-shifting Beings."

    Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D.: What Is the Strangest Burial Marker in Existence? Ph.D. Dr. Franklin Ruehl 2011

  • In this, my first full-length novel (for I have penned numerous short stories), I explore the idiosyncratic world of a group of profligate lycanthropes that attend an exclusive school on Manhattan's upper east side.

    We Love You! 2009

  • When he was active, lycanthropes in America were on the verge of a return to the old ways.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • (From BarnesandNoble. com) An ancient race of lycanthropes has survived to the present day, and its numbers are growing.

    WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR MAY 9TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010

  • On the basis of this video interview with some of the San Antonio “lycanthropes”, I would say that the likelihood of Goth/werewolf confusion is, in fact, quite high.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Herd of Individualists, Wolfman Edition 2010

  • Sexy and spooky enough to send the original campfest scampering off with its tail between its legs, this update fits in more with TV's current litter of lycanthropes on The Vampire Diaries and True Blood.

    MTV Gets Hairy with Teen Wolf Remake 2011

  • In his Introduction, indefatigable editor Jones says lycanthropes are the most tragic of monsters because the evil they do is entirely involuntary.

    The OLM Blog 2009

  • Would I refuse to marry two lycanthropes because they are sometimes wolves and, as animals, have no right to marriage or to heaven?

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

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