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nounIn Greek folklore, a harmful undead creature that eats flesh, somewhat like a vampire or zombie.
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- Greekβρυκόλακας
- Englishvrykolakas
Borrowed from Greek βρυκόλακας (vrykólakas).
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Bulgarian Върколак
- Върколак (Vărkolak)undead creature
French vrykolakas
- vrykolakasundead creature
German Wrukolakas
- Wrukolakasundead creature
Indonesian brycolax
- brycolaxundead creature
Latin Brycolax
- Brycolaxundead creature
Russian Врыколак
- Врыколак (Vrykolak)undead creature
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