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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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