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soucouyant (iou)



soucouyant noun. [su:ku:'j] W. Indies. Also soucriant [su:kri:'j] & other vars. M20.
[W. Indian creole, prob. rel. to Fulfulde sukunyadyo sorcerer, witch.]
In eastern Caribbean folklore, a malignant witch believed to shed her skin by night and suck the blood of her victims.