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单词 windigo
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Definition of windigo in English:

windigo

(also wendigo)
nounPlural windigoes, Plural windigosˈwɪndɪɡəʊˈwindəˌɡō
  • (in the folklore of the northern Algonquian Indians) a cannibalistic giant; a person who has been transformed into a monster by the consumption of human flesh.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I only hope the Kudo comes and gets him in the night, like the wendigo.
    • I must see a traveling paper, then you may come stay the night with us so as you will be safe from the wendigos.
    • Manjimanidoo or evil spirits existed; windigos were especially terrifying spirits who dwelled within lakes and practiced cannibalism.
    • There's something we forgot to tell you about the wendigo.
    • In the depths of the winter, the windigo seeks to feast on human flesh.

Origin

From Ojibwa wintiko.

 
 

Definition of windigo in US English:

windigo

(also wendigo)
nounˈwindəˌɡō
  • (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.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Manjimanidoo or evil spirits existed; windigos were especially terrifying spirits who dwelled within lakes and practiced cannibalism.
    • I must see a traveling paper, then you may come stay the night with us so as you will be safe from the wendigos.
    • In the depths of the winter, the windigo seeks to feast on human flesh.
    • I only hope the Kudo comes and gets him in the night, like the wendigo.
    • There's something we forgot to tell you about the wendigo.

Origin

From Ojibwa wintiko.

 
 
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