1 windigo | Definition of windigo

windigo

noun
win·​di·​go | \ ˈwində̇ˌgō\
variants: or less commonly wendigo \ ˈwen-​ \
plural -s

Definition of windigo

: a cannibalistic creature of Algonquian mythology believed to have been a lost hunter forced by hunger to eat human flesh and thereafter to have become a crazed man-eating ogre roaming the forest

History and Etymology for windigo

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