wendigo
Britishnoun
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(among Algonquian Indians) an evil spirit or cannibal
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another name for splake
Etymology
Origin of wendigo
from Algonquian: evil spirit or cannibal
Example Sentences
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The wendigo stalks the movie like just another rattle-throat corpse-grinder that yowls and stomps and does its darnedest to trample a path for a sequel.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021
The setting is a small Oregon coal mining town that looks funereal even before the wendigo stacks up spines like discarded toothpicks.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021
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