(Caribbean, folklore) A night witch who sucks people's blood, sheds her skin, and can transform into a fireball and fly.
1986, Kenneth Ramchand, “Wayne Vincent Brown”, in Daryl Cumber Dance (ed.), Fifty Caribbean Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook,[http://books.google.com/books?id=ixOAPQueFT8C] Greenwood Press, , page 90,
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