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windigo

Syllabification: (win·di·go)
Pronunciation: /ˈwindiˌgō/
(also wendigo)
Definition of windigo

noun (plural windigos or windigoes)

  • (in the folklore of some northern Algonquian peoples) a cannibalistic giant; a person who has been transformed into a monster by the consumption of human flesh.

Origin:

from Ojibwa

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