dɪˌgoʊ noun
1.
(in the folklore of the Ojibwa and other Indians) a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh.
2.
Psychiatry. a 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.
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wendigo or windigo (ˈwɛndɪˌɡəʊ, ˈwɪndɪˌɡəʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , -gos, -go, -gos | |
| 1. | (among Algonquian Indians) an evil spirit or cannibal |
| 2. | another name for splake |
| [from Algonquian: evil spirit or cannibal] | |
| windigo or windigo | |
| —n | |
| [from Algonquian: evil spirit or cannibal] | |
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| windigo (ˈwɪndɪˌɡəʊ) | |
| —n | |
| a variant of wendigo | |
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