English

Noun

therianthrope ‎(plural therianthropes)

1. Any mythical being which is part human, part animal.
2. (sometimes furry fandom slang) Someone with an intense spiritual or psychological identification as a non-human animal.

   Therianthropes don't feel a need to dress in fursuits, because they believe they already are their animal, inside.

   • 2007 April 20, Lupa, A Field Guide to Otherkin, 1st edition, Stafford: Megalithica Books, ISBN 9781905713073, page 18:

     Another is that I myself identify as Otherkin—a wolf therianthrope, to be exact—and I find this particular subculture to be absolutely fascinating.

Synonyms

• (furry slang): therian

Hyponyms

• catgirl
• centaur
• faun
• harpy
• lycanthrope, werewolf
• mermaid
• minotaur
• onocentaur
• satyr