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Yeti

//ˈjɛ.ti// noun

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

    "There is no doubt that the Sherpas accept the fact that the Yeti really exists. But then they believe just as confidently that their gods live in comfort on the summit of Mount Everest. We found it quite impossible to divorce the Yeti from the supernatural."

  2. 2
    a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “wildman, yeti”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “dirt, rust, slate”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).

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