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Little Red Riding-Hood

Little Red Riding-Hood is the alternative form of Little Red Riding Hood.

Meaning of Little Red Riding Hood

Proper noun

Little Red Riding Hood

  1. A traditional fairy tale recounting the story of a young girl who journeys through the forest to vist her grandmother, only to encounter the Big Bad Wolf, (or, in some archaic versions, another ferocious wolf or werewolf).
  2. The girl who is the protagonist and title character in this story.

Questions about Little Red Riding-Hood

What is Little Red Riding-Hood the alternative form of?
Little Red Riding-Hood is the alternative form of Little Red Riding Hood.

Words near Little Red Riding-Hood in the dictionary

  1. Little Red Book
  2. little red dot
  3. little red dots
  4. Little Red Hen syndrome
  5. Little Red Riding Hood
  6. Little Red Riding-Hood
  7. Little Redonda
  8. Little Rhody
  9. little ringed plover
  10. little ringed plovers
  11. Little River

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