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chichivache

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Chich⋅i⋅vache

  [chich-uh-vahsh]
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–noun
(in early English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a cow verging on starvation, that existed solely by devouring virtuous women.
Compare Bicorn.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF (north) chichefache thin face, ugly face, monster (hence vache cow, by folk etymology, r. fache)
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