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skinwalker

noun

Etymology

From skin + walker.

  1. inherited from walkere — “one who walks, traveller”
  2. compounded as skinwalker — “skin + walker”

Definitions

  1. A person, in certain Native American mythologies, who can transform into any animal when…

    A person, in certain Native American mythologies, who can transform into any animal when wearing its pelt.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA