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noun
A mythical monster or ghost in the folklore of the West Indies and southern United States; it is a being with large, glowing eyes, capable of shapeshifting and sometimes depicted as a phantom bound to a particular place, such as a cave or grove, as a guardian (for buried treasure, etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From plat, a term of unknown origin, plus eye. Attested from the 19th century. Originally African-American, especially South Carolina.
