abominable snowman
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First attested in 1921. Calque of Tibetan མི་སྡུག་གངས་མི (mi sdug gangs mi), from མི་སྡུག (mi sdug, “repulsive, unlovely, ugly, hideous”) and གངས་མི (gangs mi, “snowman”).
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abominable snowman (plural abominable snowmen)
- (cryptozoology, often capitalized) A humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas.
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humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas
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