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Loups-garous

Loup-garou \Loup`-ga`rou"\, n.; pl. Loups-garous. [F., fr. loup wolf + a Teutonic word akin to E. werewolf.] A werewolf; a lycanthrope.

The superstition of the loup-garou, or werewolf, belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has its reflex in the story of ``Little Red Riding-hood'' and others.
--Brinton.