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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. See abominable snowman.

Wiktionary

  1. n. cryptozoology An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas

Etymologies

  1. From Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད་ (Wylie Romanization: g.ya'dred, Pronounced: yeh-ti, "rock bear"), a compound of the words གཡའ་ (Wylie: g.ya', Pronounced: yeh, "rocky or rocky place") and དྲེད་ (Wylie: dred, Pronounced: Pti, te, teh, "bear"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Alteration of Tibetan miti : mi, person + ti, a kind of animal. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “June 06, 2005 13: 35 nicki: if you haven't already tried, you could maybe get a copy of yeti from the guy who did it, mike. try him at yetimike@gmail.com or yetimike@comcast. net.”

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  • “It was named Kiwa hirsuta kiwa, after the goddess of shellfish in Polynesian mythology, but has become known as the yeti crab because of its hairy appearance.”

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  • “…. note how Yukon brings in the abominable snowman and that in the very next frame the yeti is free and putting the star on the tree.”

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  • “Several findings were rich and strange: a hairy new species dubbed the yeti crab; a 21-foot-long squid; a new species of lobster weighing 8.8 pounds; an ancient shrimp thought to have become extinct 50 million years ago.”

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  • “Shouts from the scientists watching the monitors quickly drew everyone on board to gaze upon a landscape blanketed by what they quickly realized was a new species of kiwa crab, also known as the yeti because of its hairy body.”

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  • “A "yowie" is Australia's version of a yeti, a k a Bigfoot.”

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  • “The yeti is a complicated Audio-Animatronics figure whose complex functions have presented some challenges affecting its operation," said Walt Disney World spokeswoman Andrea”

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  • “A team of Japanese adventurers say they have discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti, which is said to roam Nepal and Tibet.”

    National Nine News

  • “A team of Japanese adventurers say they have discovered footprints they believe were made by the legendary yeti, which is said to roam the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet.”

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  • “# posted by Awakened Yeti : 12:07 AM speaking of big men a yeti is a big glam, like paris hilton hes a bitch with a tan, get a life dog, get off the dudes dick, cause soon enough youll find your self poor and speachless”

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