单词 | skinwalker |
释义 | > as lemmasskinwalker skinwalker n. [used to translate Navajo yee naaldlooshii, lit. ‘the one that goes about on all fours with it’] (in Navajo folklore) a malevolent person with supernatural powers who assumes the appearance of a wolf, coyote, or other animal by wearing its skin. ΚΠ 1970 M. Shepardson & B. Hammond Navajo Mountain Community 142 I don't know if there are more or fewer skinwalkers than there used to be. 2006 Denver Post (Nexis) 5 Feb. f14 Jade is confronted with a series of murders that seem to be the work of a witch not unlike the Navajo skinwalkers she grew up hearing about. < as lemmas |
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