barghest
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Noun — A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
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Etymology
Probably inherited from Northern Middle English *berghgast, *barghgast, from bergh, bargh (“barrow”) + gast (“ghost”). Alternative hypotheses that first element is burgh (“town”) or bere (“bear”) lack semantic motivation.
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