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Indian devil
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a large fur-bearing animal, Gulo luscus, of the northern forests and tundra, noted for its guile and craftiness.
Quotations
1665
[We killed severall other beasts, as Oriniacks, staggs, wild cows, Carriboucks, fallow does and bucks, Catts of mountains, child of the Devill; in a word, we lead a good life.]
1853
It is popularly and significantly called "Indian devil."
1950
"I reckon," we heard him say, "you'll get pictures of about everything from a moose to an Injun devil."
2
any of several wild cats, especially the cougar.
Quotations
1896
I replied that the voice, in my opinion, came from the dangerous Northern panther, or 'Indian devil.'
1902
. . . he had a quarrel with all lucifees or lynxes,--"Injun devils," he called them.
1965
COUGARS, also known as panthers, pumas, catamounts, mountain lions and Indian devils, are large unspotted cats. Adult males weigh up to 180 pounds and measure as much as 9 feet in length with a tail of 30 inches.
3
a werewolf.
See: loup-garou(def. 1)
Quotations
1907
. . . I had heard from the old inhabitants on the river, of the dread Loup-garoue or Indian devil as many called it.