windigo
noun
Meaning
- A hybrid fish derived from a male brook trout and a female lake trout
- 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.
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