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abominable snowman

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A hairy humanlike animal purported to inhabit the snows of the high Himalaya Mountains.

Etymologies

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First attested in 1921. Calque of Tibetan  (metohkangmi), from  (metoh, "foul"), and  (kangmi, "snowman").

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