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English
Etymology
Formed from Greek κά��ο�α� + άνθ���ο�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /kæst�'ɹænθɹ�pi/

Noun
kastoranthropy

1. the delusion that one is a beaver; the condition of being a werebeaver

#:*1997: The next morning he is found down-hill from his House, beside the fishing-Pond, lying among remnants of gnaw�d Shrubs, with fragments of half-eaten water-lillies protruding from his Mouth. �Kastoranthropy,� Professor Voam shaking his head, �And haven�t I seen it do things to a man. Tragick.� � Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

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