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bar·ghest (bär′gest′)

noun

Eng. Folklore a doglike goblin whose appearance supposedly foreshadows death or bad luck

Etymology: < ? Ger berg geist, mountain spirit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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