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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

wendigo

/ˈwɛndiɡoʊ/

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What does wendigo mean?

noun

  1. A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder.
  2. Synonym of splake (“kind of hybrid fish”).

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈwɛndiɡoʊ/

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