英和和英

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪəlɛpəd/, /ˈwɛəlɛpəd/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛɹlɛpɚd/, /ˈwɪɹlɛpɚd/

名詞

wereleopard (複数形 wereleopards)

1. (fantasy, mythology) A shapeshifter who can change between leopard and human form.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 168:

     They are believed to be "Ju-Ju" or were-leopards, and in this guise to roam through the forest in bands, bent on evil and destruction.

   • 2008 June 22, Dwight Garner, “Inside the List”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     A) “One of them was a wereleopard; the other was a werewolf; both of them were strippers.”

   • 2019, Sarah Makela, The Leopard Who Claimed A Wolf: New Adult Shifter Romance, Kissa Press LLC (→ISBN)

     While there'd been whispers about the Pack being unhappy with me for entangling myself with a wereleopard, Caitlyn wasn't just a wereleopard to me. She was my mate. A wolf didn't choose those kinds of things.