otherkin
n.pl.— «Vampyres quickly learned NOT to sup on most otherkin. Fae blood can do really nasty things to a vampyre.» —“Re: Vampyr and elves” by be088@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Cliff Goodman) Usenet: alt.vampyres Feb. 6, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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