abominable snowman

noun, abominable snow·man often capitalized A&S \-ˈsnō-mən, -ˌman\

: a large hairy creature that walks on two feet like a man and that some people claim to have seen in the Himalayas

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: a mysterious creature with human or apelike characteristics reported to exist in the high Himalayas —called also yeti

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1921

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