English
Etymology
Late OE. wuduwasa|wuduw�sa, aslo ME. wodwo.
Pronunciation
IPA|/'w�dw��z/
Noun
en-noun
- A wild man of the woods; a faun, a satyr or a representation of such a being in heraldry or other decoration.
#:*1962: The young woodwose had now closed his eyes and was stretched out supine on the pool's marble margin; his Tarzan brief had been cast aside on the turf. � Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
ru:woodwose
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