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abominable snowman

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Abominable Snowman

–noun
a legendary large, hairy, humanoid creature said to inhabit the Himalayas.
Also called yeti.


Origin:
1920–25; spurious trans. of a supposed Tibetan phrase metoh kangmi, prob. an erroneous rendering of Tibetan mi t'om man-bear and k'ang mi snowfield man
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abominable snowman  
n.  A hairy humanlike animal reportedly inhabiting the snows of the high Himalaya Mountains. Also called yeti.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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