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单词 windigo
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
win•di•go  (windi gō′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mythology(in the folklore of the Ojibwa and other Indians) a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh.
  2. Psychiatrya culture-specific syndrome occurring primarily among the Ojibwa and related Indian peoples and characterized by fever-induced delusions that one is being possessed by such a giant. Also called witigo. 
  • Ojibwa wi·ntiko·; cognate with Cree wi·htiko·w
  • 1705–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
windigo /ˈwɪndɪˌɡəʊ/ n
  1. a variant of wendigo
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