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- noun cryptozoology An unidentified
humanoid animal said to live in theHimalayas .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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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.
FOXNews.com 2010
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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.
Marine Census Shows Vast Diversity of Sea Life Gautam Naik 2010
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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.
www.startribune.com 2012
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A "yowie" is Australia's version of a yeti, a k a Bigfoot.
NYT > Home Page By JESSICA BRUDER 2011
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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
SplicedFeed 2010
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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 2008
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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 2008
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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 2008
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