\Loup`-ga`rou"\, n.; pl. {Loups-garous}. [F., fr.
loup wolf + a Teutonic word akin to E. werewolf.]
A werewolf; a lycanthrope.
      The superstition of the loup-garou, or werewolf,
      belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has
      its reflex in the story of ``Little Red Riding-hood''
      and others.                              --Brinton.