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abominable snowman n
  1. a large legendary manlike or apelike creature, alleged to inhabit the Himalayan MountainsAlso called: yeti
Etymology: a translation of Tibetan metohkangmi, from metoh foul + kangmi snowman
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Abom′inable Snow′man, 
  1. Mythologya legendary large, hairy, humanoid creature said to inhabit the Himalayas. Also called yeti. 
  • spurious translation of a supposed Tibetan phrase metoh kangmi, probably an erroneous rendering of Tibetan mi t'om man-bear and k'ang mi snowfield man 1920–25

'abominable snowman' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
yeti - Big Foot - cryptozoology

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