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kastoranthropy
noun 
  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
Etymology: Formed from Greek + .

     
 
  

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