abominable snowman

en-noun

abominable snowman (plural abominable snowmen)

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”).

calque

མི་སྡུག་གངས་མི

The Abominable Snowman – existing and not existing, flickering at the edges of blizzards, apelike man or manlike ape, stealthy, elusive, known only through rumours and through its backward-pointing footprints.

2003, Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake, Virago Press (2013), page 8:

(cryptozoology, often capitalized) A humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas.


yeti

→ Portuguese: iéti

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).

bor+

There is no doubt that the Sherpas accept the fact that the Yeti really exists. But then they believe just as confidently that their gods live in comfort on the summit of Mount Everest. We found it quite impossible to divorce the Yeti from the supernatural.

1962, Edmund Hillary, Desmond Doig, “Into the Mingbo Valley”, in High in the Thin Cold Air: The Story of the Himalayan Expedition, led by Sir Edmund Hillary, sponsored by World Book Encyclopedia, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 131:

(cryptozoology) An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.


yeti

yeti (nominative singular)
yetiové (nominative plural)
yeti (nominative plural)
yetiho (genitive singular)
yetiů (genitive plural)
yetich (genitive plural)
yetimu (dative singular)
yetiům (dative plural)
yetim (dative plural)
yetiho (accusative singular)
yetie (accusative plural)
yeti (accusative plural)
yeti (singular vocative)
yetiové (plural vocative)
yeti (plural vocative)
yetim (locative singular)
yetiích (locative plural)
yetich (locative plural)
yetim (instrumental singular)
yetii (instrumental plural)
yetimi (instrumental plural)
yetti (alternative)


yeti

nl-noun

yeti m (plural yeti's, diminutive yetietje n)

yeti's (plural)
yetietje (diminutive neuter)

Probably borrowed from English yeti, from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).


yeti

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”).

(cryptozoology) yeti (an unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas)


yeti

(cryptozoology) yeti, abominable snowman (unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas)


yeti

singular
plural
nominative
yeti
yetiovia
genitive
yetiho
yetiov
dative
yetimu
yetiom
accusative
locative
yetim
yetioch
instrumental
yetiami

Derived from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”).


yeti

head

yeti (definite accusative yetiyi, plural yetiler)

yetiyi (accusative definite)
yetiler (plural)
yeti (nominative singular)
yetiler (nominative plural)
yetiyi (accusative definite singular)
yetileri (accusative definite plural)
yetiye (dative singular)
yetilere (dative plural)
yetide (locative singular)
yetilerde (locative plural)
yetiden (ablative singular)
yetilerden (ablative plural)
yetinin (genitive singular)
yetilerin (genitive plural)


Bigfoot

August/September 1958, originally Big Foot, big + foot, relating to the large size of its supposed footprints relative to human footprints.

Big Foot (alternative)
bigfoot (alternative)

This imprint was made either Wednesday night or early Thursday morning by "Big Foot".

[1958 October 6, Andrew Genzoli, “Huge Foot Prints Hold Mystery Of Friendly Bluff Creek Giant”, in Humboldt Times, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2010-06-11:

Stories of “Bigfoot,” an eight-foot denizen of the forest in Northern California’s wild Trinity County, are among the main topics of conversation in that area. He is supposedly an Indian or half-breed who has reverted to an animal existence. A footprint believed to be his was measured by a Redding shoe store owner and found to be size 24!

1961 July 1, “Big deal”, in Boot and Shoe Recorder, volume 160, number 3, Philadelphia, Pa.: Chilton Company, →OCLC, The Last Word, page 68, column 3:

Some Earth people believe Bigfoot lives in underground caves; others believe Bigfoot is connected with extraterrestrials; still others believe Bigfoot is a spirit that can sometimes manifest in form.

1994, Sun Bear, Wabun Wind, Shawnodese, “A Dream Language of the Earth”, in Dreaming with the Wheel: How to Interpret and Work with your Dreams Using the Medicine Wheel, Fireside, →ISBN, page 145:

Then there are the sharp divisions of opinion about whether Bigfoot is a Gigantopithecus or a Neanderthal or some other hominid.

2016, Bryan Sykes, “The Guru”, in Bigfoot, Yeti, and the Last Neanderthal: A Geneticist’s Search for Modern Apemen, Disinformation Books, →ISBN, part II, page 173:

Many enthusiasts believe that Bigfoot is not some sort of undiscovered hominid, but rather a mystical being that moves between dimensions.

2019, Christopher D. Bader, Joseph O. Baker, “Bigfoot: Undiscovered Primate or Interdimensional Spirit?”, in Deviance Management: Insiders, Outsiders, Hiders, and Drifters, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 77:

(cryptozoology, folklore) A very large, hairy, humanoid creature, similar to the yeti, said to live in the wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.

بيغ فوت

unidentified yeti-like animal (individual creature)


Bigfoot

en-noun

Bigfoot (plural Bigfoot or Bigfeet or Bigfoots)

Bigfoot (plural)
Bigfeet (plural)
Bigfoots (plural)
Big Foot (alternative)
bigfoot (alternative)

My answer to those who believe that all Bigfoot are just huge cuddly Ewoks is to remind them that there is plenty of evidence that every member of the great apes family […] has exhibited hostility […].

2007, Matthew Scott Hansen, The Shadowkiller: A Novel, page 434:

The striking news on the appearance of a Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain in Xi'an, Shaanxi Provnice^([sic – meaning Province]) recently spread among local residents of Mei County located near the foot of Taibai Mountain. Is Taibai Mountain really home to a Bigfoot?
Who encountered the Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain?
Reporters interviewed many residents of Mei County, and their accounts varied.

2010 October 15, “Bigfoot sighted on Taibai Mountain”, in 叶欣, editor, People's Daily, archived from the original on 2015-05-23:

(cryptozoology, folklore) An individual creature of this type.


sasquatch

sasquatches (plural)
Sasquatch (alternative)

Borrowed from Halkomelem sásq’ets (“hairy man”).

bor+

(cryptozoology) A large hairy humanoid creature of western North America.


yowie

Borrowed from Gamilaraay yuwi (“dream spirit”).

The white population claimed that an escaped panther from a travelling circus was the culprit; others thought that a Yowie was responsible.

1986, Bruce Pascoe, “The Slaughters of the Bulumwaal Butcher”, in Anita Heiss, Peter Minter, editors, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin, published 2008, page 101:

(Australia, cryptozoology) An ape-like monster or animal said to exist in parts of eastern Australia.


ABC

en-noun

ABC (countable and uncountable, plural ABCs)

(cryptozoology) Initialism of alien big cat.


chupacabras

From Spanish chupa (“it sucks”) + cabras (“goats”).

(cryptozoology) A legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas dating from the 1990s, supposed to attack and drink the blood of livestock, especially goats.


chupacabras

→ English: chupacabra, chupacabras

Verb-object compound, composed of chupa (“to suck”) + cabras (“goats”), literally “goatsucker”.


bunyip

The bunyip here was considered to have a magical power over humans, causing them considerable misfortune. Places where there were many eels tended to be where bunyips lived, as this was their food. On one occasion, Aboriginal people claimed that a bunyip lured a woman to her death by distracting her with a large catch of eels. It was considered extremely bad luck to kill or injure a bunyip.

2007, Janet Parker, Julie Stanton, editors, Mythology: Myths, Legends and Fantasies, page 387:

According to the stories, the Bunyip comes in many different shapes and sizes—some are covered in feathers, while others have scales like a crocodile. Most Aboriginal drawings show the Bunyip with a tail like a horse, and flippers and tusks like a walrus.

2008, Oliver Ho, Mysteries Unwrapped: Mutants & Monsters, page 26:

One particularly fierce bunyip described by Smith was well known as a man-eater throughout south Australia.

2009, David D. Gilmore, Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors, page 150:

(Australia, cryptozoology, mythology) A mythical Australian monster, said to inhabit swamps and lagoons.


Nessie

That flurry of activity had been set off by a magisterial book (Whyte, 1957), reinforced by Dinsdale’s filming of a Nessie (Dinsdale, 1961) and culminating in successful underwater photography (Rines et al., 1976) by the Academy of Applied Science (AAS). Nessies were assigned the taxonomic identity Nessiteras rhombopteryx (Anonymous, 1975).

2002, Henry H. B. Auer, “The Case for the Loch Ness 'Monster': The Scientific Evidence”, in Journal of Scientific Exploration, volume 16, number 2, pages 225–246:

And if it comes down to just one vote, we all know who will be called upon to break that tie. Go with your gut, Nessie. You do you, Nessie, you do you.

2014, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:

(informal, cryptozoology) The Loch Ness monster.


Loch Ness monster

the Loch Ness monster (canonical)
Loch Ness Monster (alternative)

(cryptozoology) A large creature believed by some to inhabit Loch Ness in Scotland. It is said to have a long neck and one or more humps that protrude from the water.


ounce

From Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”), by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Italian lonza, ultimately from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of onza and lynx.

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-ounce.wav

The ounce, a leopard-like creature, is dreaded for its depredations by the Indians of Brazil.

1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 235:

(cryptozoology) Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore.


yahoo

From Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, where Yahoo is the name of a race of brutes.

1835, James Holman, Travels, quoted by Malcolm Smith, Bunyips and Bigfoots (Millennium Books, 1996, →ISBN), who notes that the Australian sense almost certainly derives from Gulliver's Travels, despite Holman's report
The natives are greatly terrrified by the sight of a person in a mask calling him "devil" or Yah-hoo, which signifies evil spirit.

1985, Michael Raynal, Yahoos in the Bahamas: Cryptozoology, volume 4:

(cryptozoology) A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.


Champ

Clipping of Champlain (“Lake Champlain”).

clipping

Champy (alternative)
Champie (alternative)
Champee (alternative)

(cryptozoology) A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Lake Champlain, located on the shared borders of the American states of Vermont and New York and the Canadian province of Quebec.


Yeti

de-noun

Yeti m (strong, genitive Yetis, plural Yetis)

(cryptozoology) yeti; abominable snowman


cryptid

From crypt + -id. English usage 1983; coined by John E. Wall in the ISC Newsletter.

Now comes perhaps the cleverest tag of all: cryptozoology. It refers to the search for new animals, animals dwelling in unexpected places, and most importantly for "X-Files" scriptwriters, "cryptids"—legendary creatures such as the yeti.

1999 August 16, Steve Burgess, “Loren Coleman, Loch Ness snowman of cryptozoology”, in salon.com:

(cryptozoology) A creature known only from folklore or legend, the existence of which is not proven by scientific observation.


Bessie

(cryptozoology) Bessie, a lake monster supposed to exist in Lake Erie in the United States.


cryptozoologist

From crypto- + zoologist or cryptozoology + -ist.

(cryptozoology) One who studies cryptozoology.


chupacabra

chupacabras (plural)
chupacabras (alternative)

/ˌt͡ʃʰupəˈkʰabɹə/

Variant spelling of chupacabras used in English cryptozoological publications by misanalysis of the Spanish chupacabras as a plural.

(cryptozoology, sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of chupacabras


cryptozoological

/ˌkɹɪptoʊˌzoʊəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/

From crypto- + zoological or cryptozoology + -ical.

(cryptozoology) Of or pertaining to cryptozoology.


jeti

jeti (nominative singular)
jetit (nominative plural)
jeti (accusative nominative singular)
jetit (accusative nominative plural)
jetin (accusative genitive singular)
jetit (accusative genitive plural)
jetin (genitive singular)
jetien (genitive plural)
jetiä (partitive singular)
jetejä (partitive plural)
jetissä (inessive singular)
jeteissä (inessive plural)
jetistä (elative singular)
jeteistä (elative plural)
jetiin (illative singular)
jeteihin (illative plural)
jetillä (adessive singular)
jeteillä (adessive plural)
jetiltä (ablative singular)
jeteiltä (ablative plural)
jetille (allative singular)
jeteille (allative plural)
jetinä (essive singular)
jeteinä (essive plural)
jetiksi (singular translative)
jeteiksi (plural translative)
jetittä (abessive singular)
jeteittä (abessive plural)
jetein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
jetini (nominative singular)
jetini (nominative plural)
jetini (accusative nominative singular)
jetini (accusative nominative plural)
jetini (accusative genitive singular)
jetini (accusative genitive plural)
jetini (genitive singular)
jetieni (genitive plural)
jetiäni (partitive singular)
jetejäni (partitive plural)
jetissäni (inessive singular)
jeteissäni (inessive plural)
jetistäni (elative singular)
jeteistäni (elative plural)
jetiini (illative singular)
jeteihini (illative plural)
jetilläni (adessive singular)
jeteilläni (adessive plural)
jetiltäni (ablative singular)
jeteiltäni (ablative plural)
jetilleni (allative singular)
jeteilleni (allative plural)
jetinäni (essive singular)
jeteinäni (essive plural)
jetikseni (singular translative)
jeteikseni (plural translative)
jetittäni (abessive singular)
jeteittäni (abessive plural)
jeteineni (comitative plural)
jetisi (nominative singular)
jetisi (nominative plural)
jetisi (accusative nominative singular)
jetisi (accusative nominative plural)
jetisi (accusative genitive singular)
jetisi (accusative genitive plural)
jetisi (genitive singular)
jetiesi (genitive plural)
jetiäsi (partitive singular)
jetejäsi (partitive plural)
jetissäsi (inessive singular)
jeteissäsi (inessive plural)
jetistäsi (elative singular)
jeteistäsi (elative plural)
jetiisi (illative singular)
jeteihisi (illative plural)
jetilläsi (adessive singular)
jeteilläsi (adessive plural)
jetiltäsi (ablative singular)
jeteiltäsi (ablative plural)
jetillesi (allative singular)
jeteillesi (allative plural)
jetinäsi (essive singular)
jeteinäsi (essive plural)
jetiksesi (singular translative)
jeteiksesi (plural translative)
jetittäsi (abessive singular)
jeteittäsi (abessive plural)
jeteinesi (comitative plural)
jetimme (nominative singular)
jetimme (nominative plural)
jetimme (accusative nominative singular)
jetimme (accusative nominative plural)
jetimme (accusative genitive singular)
jetimme (accusative genitive plural)
jetimme (genitive singular)
jetiemme (genitive plural)
jetiämme (partitive singular)
jetejämme (partitive plural)
jetissämme (inessive singular)
jeteissämme (inessive plural)
jetistämme (elative singular)
jeteistämme (elative plural)
jetiimme (illative singular)
jeteihimme (illative plural)
jetillämme (adessive singular)
jeteillämme (adessive plural)
jetiltämme (ablative singular)
jeteiltämme (ablative plural)
jetillemme (allative singular)
jeteillemme (allative plural)
jetinämme (essive singular)
jeteinämme (essive plural)
jetiksemme (singular translative)
jeteiksemme (plural translative)
jetittämme (abessive singular)
jeteittämme (abessive plural)
jeteinemme (comitative plural)
jetinne (nominative singular)
jetinne (nominative plural)
jetinne (accusative nominative singular)
jetinne (accusative nominative plural)
jetinne (accusative genitive singular)
jetinne (accusative genitive plural)
jetinne (genitive singular)
jetienne (genitive plural)
jetiänne (partitive singular)
jetejänne (partitive plural)
jetissänne (inessive singular)
jeteissänne (inessive plural)
jetistänne (elative singular)
jeteistänne (elative plural)
jetiinne (illative singular)
jeteihinne (illative plural)
jetillänne (adessive singular)
jeteillänne (adessive plural)
jetiltänne (ablative singular)
jeteiltänne (ablative plural)
jetillenne (allative singular)
jeteillenne (allative plural)
jetinänne (essive singular)
jeteinänne (essive plural)
jetiksenne (singular translative)
jeteiksenne (plural translative)
jetittänne (abessive singular)
jeteittänne (abessive plural)
jeteinenne (comitative plural)
jetinsä (nominative singular)
jetinsä (nominative plural)
jetinsä (accusative nominative singular)
jetinsä (accusative nominative plural)
jetinsä (accusative genitive singular)
jetinsä (accusative genitive plural)
jetinsä (genitive singular)
jetiensä (genitive plural)
jetiään (partitive singular)
jetiänsä (partitive singular)
jetejään (partitive plural)
jetejänsä (partitive plural)
jetissään (inessive singular)
jetissänsä (inessive singular)
jeteissään (inessive plural)
jeteissänsä (inessive plural)
jetistään (elative singular)
jetistänsä (elative singular)
jeteistään (elative plural)
jeteistänsä (elative plural)
jetiinsä (illative singular)
jeteihinsä (illative plural)
jetillään (adessive singular)
jetillänsä (adessive singular)
jeteillään (adessive plural)
jeteillänsä (adessive plural)
jetiltään (ablative singular)
jetiltänsä (ablative singular)
jeteiltään (ablative plural)
jeteiltänsä (ablative plural)
jetilleen (allative singular)
jetillensä (allative singular)
jeteilleen (allative plural)
jeteillensä (allative plural)
jetinään (essive singular)
jetinänsä (essive singular)
jeteinään (essive plural)
jeteinänsä (essive plural)
jetikseen (singular translative)
jetiksensä (singular translative)
jeteikseen (plural translative)
jeteiksensä (plural translative)
jetittään (abessive singular)
jetittänsä (abessive singular)
jeteittään (abessive plural)
jeteittänsä (abessive plural)
jeteineen (comitative plural)
jeteinensä (comitative plural)

From English yeti, from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred).


jeti

jetik (plural)
jeti (nominative singular)
jetik (nominative plural)
jetit (accusative singular)
jetiket (accusative plural)
jetinek (dative singular)
jetiknek (dative plural)
jetivel (instrumental singular)
jetikkel (instrumental plural)
jetiért (causal-final singular)
jetikért (causal-final plural)
jetivé (singular translative)
jetikké (plural translative)
jetiig (singular terminative)
jetikig (plural terminative)
jetiként (essive-formal singular)
jetikként (essive-formal plural)
jetiben (inessive singular)
jetikben (inessive plural)
jetin (singular superessive)
jetiken (plural superessive)
jetinél (adessive singular)
jetiknél (adessive plural)
jetibe (illative singular)
jetikbe (illative plural)
jetire (singular sublative)
jetikre (plural sublative)
jetihez (allative singular)
jetikhez (allative plural)
jetiből (elative singular)
jetikből (elative plural)
jetiről (delative singular)
jetikről (delative plural)
jetitől (ablative singular)
jetiktől (ablative plural)
jetié (singular)
jetiké (plural)
jetiéi (singular)
jetikéi (plural)
jetim (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
jetijeim (or jetiim) (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
jetid (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
jetijeid (or jetiid) (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
jetije (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
jetijei (or jetii) (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
jetink (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
jetijeink (or jetiink) (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
jetitek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
jetijeitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
or jetiitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
jetijük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
jetijeik (or jetiik) (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From English yeti, from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), from གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) + དྲེད (dred, “bear”).

(cryptozoology) yeti, abominable snowman


Ogopogo

The ogopogo made no attempt to devour the sailboat crew, as he is reported to have done some years ago in the case of some Indians.

1930 July 19, “Mysterious Ogopogo Is Accused of Capsizing a Canadian Boat”, in The New York Times, page 17:

(Canada, cryptozoology) A large serpentlike aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which is said to live in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada.


Igopogo

The story of Lake Simcoe's monster started 11 years ago, when Wellington Charles, a fishing guide on the lake for many years, first sighted a mysterious marine animal. He described it as having a neck like a stovepipe with a face like a boxer dog. At the time, he named the thing Igopogo.

1963 July 1, “Igopogo, Simcoe Monster, Reported Sighted Again”, in The Globe and Mail, page 1:

(Canada, cryptozoology) A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.


nahuelito

(in Argentina, cryptozoology, mythology) A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Nahuel Huapi Lake, Argentina.


Manipogo

The creature was dubbed Manipogo in 1957, from a blend of Manitoba + Ogopogo.

(Canada, cryptozoology) A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Lake Manitoba, Canada.


Memphre

While there have been more than 100 reported sightings of a Lake Memphremagog creature called Memphre, a photograph submitted by two unnamed Quebec residents will not be recorded among them.

1986 October 11, “Photo of monster exposed as hoax”, in The Gazette, Montreal, Que., page F12:

(Canada, cryptozoology) A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Lake Memphremagog, Quebec, Canada.


lumimies

lumimies (nominative singular)
lumimiehet (nominative plural)
lumimies (accusative nominative singular)
lumimiehet (accusative nominative plural)
lumimiehen (accusative genitive singular)
lumimiehet (accusative genitive plural)
lumimiehen (genitive singular)
lumimiesten (genitive plural)
lumimiehien (genitive plural)
lumimiestä (partitive singular)
lumimiehiä (partitive plural)
lumimiehessä (inessive singular)
lumimiehissä (inessive plural)
lumimiehestä (elative singular)
lumimiehistä (elative plural)
lumimieheen (illative singular)
lumimiehiin (illative plural)
lumimiehellä (adessive singular)
lumimiehillä (adessive plural)
lumimieheltä (ablative singular)
lumimiehiltä (ablative plural)
lumimiehelle (allative singular)
lumimiehille (allative plural)
lumimiehenä (essive singular)
lumimiehinä (essive plural)
lumimieheksi (singular translative)
lumimiehiksi (plural translative)
lumimiehettä (abessive singular)
lumimiehittä (abessive plural)
lumimiehin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
lumimieheni (nominative singular)
lumimieheni (nominative plural)
lumimieheni (accusative nominative singular)
lumimieheni (accusative nominative plural)
lumimieheni (accusative genitive singular)
lumimieheni (accusative genitive plural)
lumimieheni (genitive singular)
lumimiesteni (genitive plural)
lumimiehieni (genitive plural)
lumimiestäni (partitive singular)
lumimiehiäni (partitive plural)
lumimiehessäni (inessive singular)
lumimiehissäni (inessive plural)
lumimiehestäni (elative singular)
lumimiehistäni (elative plural)
lumimieheeni (illative singular)
lumimiehiini (illative plural)
lumimiehelläni (adessive singular)
lumimiehilläni (adessive plural)
lumimieheltäni (ablative singular)
lumimiehiltäni (ablative plural)
lumimiehelleni (allative singular)
lumimiehilleni (allative plural)
lumimiehenäni (essive singular)
lumimiehinäni (essive plural)
lumimiehekseni (singular translative)
lumimiehikseni (plural translative)
lumimiehettäni (abessive singular)
lumimiehittäni (abessive plural)
lumimiehineni (comitative plural)
lumimiehesi (nominative singular)
lumimiehesi (nominative plural)
lumimiehesi (accusative nominative singular)
lumimiehesi (accusative nominative plural)
lumimiehesi (accusative genitive singular)
lumimiehesi (accusative genitive plural)
lumimiehesi (genitive singular)
lumimiestesi (genitive plural)
lumimiehiesi (genitive plural)
lumimiestäsi (partitive singular)
lumimiehiäsi (partitive plural)
lumimiehessäsi (inessive singular)
lumimiehissäsi (inessive plural)
lumimiehestäsi (elative singular)
lumimiehistäsi (elative plural)
lumimieheesi (illative singular)
lumimiehiisi (illative plural)
lumimiehelläsi (adessive singular)
lumimiehilläsi (adessive plural)
lumimieheltäsi (ablative singular)
lumimiehiltäsi (ablative plural)
lumimiehellesi (allative singular)
lumimiehillesi (allative plural)
lumimiehenäsi (essive singular)
lumimiehinäsi (essive plural)
lumimieheksesi (singular translative)
lumimiehiksesi (plural translative)
lumimiehettäsi (abessive singular)
lumimiehittäsi (abessive plural)
lumimiehinesi (comitative plural)
lumimiehemme (nominative singular)
lumimiehemme (nominative plural)
lumimiehemme (accusative nominative singular)
lumimiehemme (accusative nominative plural)
lumimiehemme (accusative genitive singular)
lumimiehemme (accusative genitive plural)
lumimiehemme (genitive singular)
lumimiestemme (genitive plural)
lumimiehiemme (genitive plural)
lumimiestämme (partitive singular)
lumimiehiämme (partitive plural)
lumimiehessämme (inessive singular)
lumimiehissämme (inessive plural)
lumimiehestämme (elative singular)
lumimiehistämme (elative plural)
lumimieheemme (illative singular)
lumimiehiimme (illative plural)
lumimiehellämme (adessive singular)
lumimiehillämme (adessive plural)
lumimieheltämme (ablative singular)
lumimiehiltämme (ablative plural)
lumimiehellemme (allative singular)
lumimiehillemme (allative plural)
lumimiehenämme (essive singular)
lumimiehinämme (essive plural)
lumimieheksemme (singular translative)
lumimiehiksemme (plural translative)
lumimiehettämme (abessive singular)
lumimiehittämme (abessive plural)
lumimiehinemme (comitative plural)
lumimiehenne (nominative singular)
lumimiehenne (nominative plural)
lumimiehenne (accusative nominative singular)
lumimiehenne (accusative nominative plural)
lumimiehenne (accusative genitive singular)
lumimiehenne (accusative genitive plural)
lumimiehenne (genitive singular)
lumimiestenne (genitive plural)
lumimiehienne (genitive plural)
lumimiestänne (partitive singular)
lumimiehiänne (partitive plural)
lumimiehessänne (inessive singular)
lumimiehissänne (inessive plural)
lumimiehestänne (elative singular)
lumimiehistänne (elative plural)
lumimieheenne (illative singular)
lumimiehiinne (illative plural)
lumimiehellänne (adessive singular)
lumimiehillänne (adessive plural)
lumimieheltänne (ablative singular)
lumimiehiltänne (ablative plural)
lumimiehellenne (allative singular)
lumimiehillenne (allative plural)
lumimiehenänne (essive singular)
lumimiehinänne (essive plural)
lumimieheksenne (singular translative)
lumimiehiksenne (plural translative)
lumimiehettänne (abessive singular)
lumimiehittänne (abessive plural)
lumimiehinenne (comitative plural)
lumimiehensä (nominative singular)
lumimiehensä (nominative plural)
lumimiehensä (accusative nominative singular)
lumimiehensä (accusative nominative plural)
lumimiehensä (accusative genitive singular)
lumimiehensä (accusative genitive plural)
lumimiehensä (genitive singular)
lumimiestensä (genitive plural)
lumimiehiensä (genitive plural)
lumimiestään (partitive singular)
lumimiestänsä (partitive singular)
lumimiehiään (partitive plural)
lumimiehiänsä (partitive plural)
lumimiehessään (inessive singular)
lumimiehessänsä (inessive singular)
lumimiehissään (inessive plural)
lumimiehissänsä (inessive plural)
lumimiehestään (elative singular)
lumimiehestänsä (elative singular)
lumimiehistään (elative plural)
lumimiehistänsä (elative plural)
lumimieheensä (illative singular)
lumimiehiinsä (illative plural)
lumimiehellään (adessive singular)
lumimiehellänsä (adessive singular)
lumimiehillään (adessive plural)
lumimiehillänsä (adessive plural)
lumimieheltään (ablative singular)
lumimieheltänsä (ablative singular)
lumimiehiltään (ablative plural)
lumimiehiltänsä (ablative plural)
lumimiehelleen (allative singular)
lumimiehellensä (allative singular)
lumimiehilleen (allative plural)
lumimiehillensä (allative plural)
lumimiehenään (essive singular)
lumimiehenänsä (essive singular)
lumimiehinään (essive plural)
lumimiehinänsä (essive plural)
lumimiehekseen (singular translative)
lumimieheksensä (singular translative)
lumimiehikseen (plural translative)
lumimiehiksensä (plural translative)
lumimiehettään (abessive singular)
lumimiehettänsä (abessive singular)
lumimiehittään (abessive plural)
lumimiehittänsä (abessive plural)
lumimiehineen (comitative plural)
lumimiehinensä (comitative plural)

(cryptozoology) abominable snowman, yeti


Tatzelwurm

Men had been known to quit work here, claiming that the Tatzelwurms were becoming enraged by all the drilling and explosions.

2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 736:

(cryptozoology) A worm-like cryptid reported to live in the Alps.


Tatzelwurm

Tatzelwurm m (strong, genitive Tatzelwurmes or Tatzelwurms, plural Tatzelwürmer)

Tatzelwurmes (genitive)
Tatzelwurms (genitive)
Tatzelwürmer (plural)
Tatzelwurm (nominative singular)
Tatzelwürmer (definite nominative plural)
Tatzelwurmes (genitive singular)
Tatzelwurms (genitive singular)
Tatzelwürmer (definite genitive plural)
Tatzelwurm (dative singular)
Tatzelwurme (dative singular)
Tatzelwürmern (dative definite plural)
Tatzelwurm (accusative singular)
Tatzelwürmer (accusative definite plural)

From Tatze (“paw, claw”) + Wurm (“worm”).


イエティー

ja-noun

イエティー • (ietī)

Borrowed from English yeti, from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “rock bear”).


Chelosauria lovelli

Coined by William Saville-Kent, assistant curator at the Natural History Museum in London, who wrote an account of the creature in his book The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (W.H. Allen, London, 1893) based on Miss Lovell's accounts. The name means roughly "[Mister] Lovell's tortoise-lizard". (Reference: Malcolm Smith, Bunyips and Bigfoots: In Search of Australia's Mystery Animals, Millennium Books, 1996, →ISBN.)


moha moha

Miss Lovell's first report (quote below) spelt the creature moka moka, but in her second it was moha moha (also below).

1891, S. Lovell, "Tempus omnia monstra", in Land and Water, London, 3 March 1891 (quoted by Malcolm Smith, Bunyips and Bigfoots, Millennium Books, 1996, →ISBN, who was unable to obtain the original and so quotes from Bernard Heuvelmans, In the Wake of the Sea-Serpents, 1968, who in turn apparently quotes from Antoon C. Oudemans, The Great Sea-Serpent, 1892).
Native blacks call it 'Moka, moka' and say they like to eat it, and that it has legs and fingers.

1891, S. Lovell, "Land and Water", 25 April 1891 (quoted by Malcolm Smith from Heuvelmans etc).
The blacks, who had not seen it the day I did, named it at once from my sketch, which must, therefore, be pretty accurate, and called it 'Moha, Moha', and laughed and said, 'Saucy Fellow, Meebee' – in English, 'dangerous turtle'.

(cryptozoology) A type of sea creature reported seen by a Miss Lovell and others at Sandy Cape in South-East Queensland, Australia, on 8 June 1890. She described it as some 30 feet long with a turtle-like neck extending from a rounded body some 8 feet across, and a long fish-like tail.


Ameranthropoides loysi

(cryptozoology) The de Loys' Ape, a large South American primate allegedly encountered by François de Loys. It is a popular creature in cryptozoology.


skunk ape

(US, cryptozoology) A hominid creature said to inhabit the Southeastern United States.


onza

From Spanish onza, from Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”) by false division assuming the l was an article, from Italian lonza, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of ounce.

(cryptozoology) A cryptid in Mexican folklore said to be similar to a cougar or jaguarundi but especially aggressive.


onza

Borrowed from Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”) by false division assuming the l- was an article, from Italian lonza, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of lince.

(Mexico, cryptozoology) onza (cryptid feline in Mexican folklore)


UMA

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from U + M + A, coined as an acronym of unidentified mysterious animal by analogy with UFO (yūfō).

pseudo-loan

2011 July 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)四(よん)十(じゅう)五(ご)訓(くん) かまくらはどんだけ頑(がん)張(ば)って作(つく)っても次(つぎ)の日(ひ)にはどっかのクソガキに壊(こわ)される [Lesson 345: Even When You Give Your All to Building a Quinzhee, There Will Be A Brat Destroying It the Next Day]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 40 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

……There’s no such thing as Bigfoot!! Why would a legendary cryptid be living here!? And why would Bigfoot even wear sneakers for fudge’s sake?

……ただのビッグフットなんてこの世に存在しねェェェェ‼なんでこんな所に伝説のUMAが生息してんだァァ‼なんでビッグフットがスニーカーはいってんだァ！

……Tada no Biggufutto nan te kono yo ni sonzaishi neeeee‼ Nan de konna tokoro ni densetsu no yūma ga seisokushiten daaa‼ Nan de Biggufutto ga sunīkā haitten dā!


sigbin

(cryptozoology) A cryptid resembling a kangaroo or a deer.


sigbin

(cryptozoology) a cryptid resembling a kangaroo or a deer


dogman

From dog (“the domesticated mammal Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris”) + -man (suffix denoting someone (possibly implied male) who is an expert in an area, who is employed or holds a position in an area, or who takes part in an activity) or man (senses 2 and 3).

suffix

[T]his tradition certainly influenced that of Dog-Men (cynanthropy) and of dog-headed men (cynocephaly), […] Dog-Men, however, have historically enjoyed a much richer and more varied mythology than their lycanthropic cousins, no doubt as a result of the ambiguity of the dog itself as much as of cultural or historical trends.

1991, David Gordon White, “Hell is Other People”, in Myths of the Dog-man, Chicago, Ill., London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 15:

A dogman’s legs are back bent, crooked as a dog’s. Its body is covered in fine fur, and its face has a dog-like snout and ear. A dogman’s arms and torso are completely humanoid, save for the its strange paws, that are vaguely human-like, but with thick dark claws.

2002, Sovereign Stone: Bestiary of Loerem, Lake Geneva, Wis.: Sovereign Press, →ISBN, page 56, column 1:

I was interested in the Wisconsin dogman sightings, which were kind of scary, but when you started talking about the ones showing up in bedrooms I must have been agape and my hair [standing] on end.

2016, Linda S. Godfrey, quoting Matt Ballotti, “Shadow Wolves”, in Monsters among Us: An Exploration of Otherworldly Bigfoots, Wolfmen, Portals, Phantoms, and Odd Phenomena, New York, N.Y.: TarcherPerigee, →ISBN, pages 95–96:

Sightings of mysterious creatures that appear to be part human and part wolf are reported in modern times all over the world. […] Their apparent hybrid nature makes them “dogmen” or “man-wolves.” […] Reports of dogmen date to ancient times. In some cases, they were thought to be a type of debased human.

2018, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, “Introduction: An Overview of Werewolves and Their Kin”, in Rosemary Ellen Guiley, editor, Fate Presents Werewolves and Dogmen, New Milford, Conn.: Visionary Living, →ISBN:

(cryptozoology, mythology) An alleged cryptid or mythological creature that is part dog and part man; also (religion) a deity who is part dog and part man.


kongamato

From Kaonde [Term?] (literally “breaker of boats”).

der

[…] the kongamato like the olitiau is in the habit of diving at men crossing its territory — perhaps trying to drive them away […]

1958, Bernard Heuvelmans, On the tracks of unknown animals:

[…] swamp conceals a terrifying "lizard bird" called the kongamato.

2000, E. Randall Floyd, The world's 100 greatest mysteries: strange secrets of the past revealed:

When crossing rivers, some of them carried amulets that would protect them from a Kongamato.

2002, George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, Volume 2:

Also described as being like a giant bat, the Kongamato has large teeth, red leathery skin, and a wingspan of four to seven feet.

2008, Oliver Ho, Mysteries Unwrapped: Mutants & Monsters:

(cryptozoology) A pterosaur-like cryptid of Africa.


đười ươi

head

đười ươi • (代埃)

[ʔɗɨəj˨˩ ʔɨəj˧˧]

[ʔɗɨj˦˩ ʔɨj˧˧]

[ʔɗɨj˨˩ ʔɨj˧˧]

Chỉ nam ngọc âm giải nghĩa (指南玉音解義)
狸狸号丐代埃
命㹥密㝵咍説𱐍於
"Li li" hiệu cái đười ươi,Mình chó mặt người hay thốt u ơ.
The "lílí" is called "đười ươi".With dog body and a human face, they often make unintelligible noise.

(obsolete, cryptozoology) cryptid or animal with human characteristics


yetti

yetti (nominative singular)
yettiové (nominative plural)
yetti (nominative plural)
yettiho (genitive singular)
yettiů (genitive plural)
yettich (genitive plural)
yettimu (dative singular)
yettiům (dative plural)
yettim (dative plural)
yettiho (accusative singular)
yettie (accusative plural)
yetti (accusative plural)
yetti (singular vocative)
yettiové (plural vocative)
yetti (plural vocative)
yettim (locative singular)
yettiích (locative plural)
yettich (locative plural)
yettim (instrumental singular)
yettii (instrumental plural)
yettimi (instrumental plural)
yeti (alternative)


Loch Ness Monster

Loch Ness monster
Loch Ness monster#English

(cryptozoology) Alternative spelling of Loch Ness monster


jetio

eo-head

jetio (accusative singular jetion, plural jetioj, accusative plural jetiojn)

jetion (accusative singular)
jetioj (plural)
jetiojn (accusative plural)

From English yeti and other languages, ultimately from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) + དྲེད (dred, “bear”), literally “rock bear”).


雪男

ja-noun

雪(ゆき)男(おとこ) • (yukiotoko) ^(←ゆきをとこ (yukiwotoko)?)

雪男 (canonical)
yukiotoko (romanization)
yukiwotoko (romanization)
ゆきをとこ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 雪 (yuki, “snow”) + 男 (otoko, “man”), calque of English snowman.

(cryptozoology) an abominable snowman, a yeti


Mothman

(cryptozoology, ufology) A legendary creature, regarded as a cryptid or alien, reportedly seen in West Virginia in the mid-1960s.


雪人

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (雪人):
* → Korean: 설인(雪人) (seorin, “yeti”)

desc

→ Vietnamese: người tuyết (“snowman; yeti”) (calque)

/ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/

/ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/

/ɕyəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ʐəŋ¹¹/

/se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/

/se(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ laŋ²³/

/ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/

/ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐəɻ³⁵/

/ɕyəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ʐəŋ¹¹/

/se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/

/se(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ laŋ²³/


ビッグフット

2011 July 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(ひゃく)四(よん)十(じゅう)五(ご)訓(くん) かまくらはどんだけ頑(がん)張(ば)って作(つく)っても次(つぎ)の日(ひ)にはどっかのクソガキに壊(こわ)される [Lesson 345: Even When You Give Your All to Building a Quinzhee, There Will Be A Brat Destroying It the Next Day]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 40 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

…There’s no such thing as Bigfoot!! Why would a legendary cryptid be living here!? And why would Bigfoot even wear sneakers for fudge’s sake?

……ただのビッグフットなんてこの世に存在しねェェェェ‼なんでこんな所に伝説のＵＭＡが生息してんだァァ‼なんでビッグフットがスニーカーはいってんだァ！


abominável homem das neves

pt-noun

abominável homem das neves m (plural abomináveis homens das neves)

Calque of English abominable snowman. Early registers omit the adjective.

Os coolies hindus asseguraram que se tratava de um «homem das neves» de uma raça quasi lendaria, da qual, certo dia, haviam capturado um exemplar.

1925 July 4, “O homem das neves”, in Revista da Semana, volume XXVI, number 28, Rio de Janeiro, page 8, columns 1–2:

The Hindu coolies said it was an “abominable snowman” of an almost legendary race, of which, one day, they've captured an specimen.

“O abominável homem das neves” é na realidade um enorme urso, disse êle, mais forte que o urso comum e cujas garras são diferentes.

1952 July 11, Edward Wyss Dunant, quotee, ““O ABOMINAVEL HOMEM DE NEVE” é apenas um urso polar”, in Costa Rego, editor, Correio da Manhã – 2º Caderno, volume LII, number 18190, Rio de Janeiro, page 3, column 5:

“The abominable snowman” is in fact a large bear, he said, stronger than the common bear and whose clawns are different.

Mesmo a era dos computadores e satélites não extinguiu de todo as esperanças de encontrar na Amazônia seres exóticos. Outro americano, David Oren, doutor em Zoologia por Harvard, embrenhou-se nas florestas do Acre em busca de um animal similar ao Abominável Homem das Neves.

1998, Tânia Regina de Luca, “História e Geografia: revalorização da Nação” (chapter 2), in A revista do Brasil: um diagnóstico para a (N)ação, page 115:

Even the era of computers and satelites haven't extinguished entirely the hopes of finding exotic beings in the Amazon. Another American, David Oren, doctor of Zoology at Harvard, delved into the florests of Acre searching for an animal simmilar to the Abominable Snowman.

(cryptozoology, often capitalized) abominable snowman, yeti (manlike or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas)


sněžný muž

sněžný muž (nominative singular)
sněžní muži (nominative plural)
sněžní mužové (nominative plural)
sněžného muže (genitive singular)
sněžných mužů (genitive plural)
sněžnému mužovi (dative singular)
sněžnému muži (dative singular)
sněžným mužům (dative plural)
sněžného muže (accusative singular)
sněžné muže (accusative plural)
sněžný muži (singular vocative)
sněžní muži (plural vocative)
sněžní mužové (plural vocative)
sněžném mužovi (locative singular)
sněžném muži (locative singular)
sněžných mužích (locative plural)
sněžným mužem (instrumental singular)
sněžnými muži (instrumental plural)


Pé-Grande

(cryptozoology, folklore, as an individual creature) Bigfoot (unidentified yeti-like animal)


iéti

iétis (plural)
yeti (alternative)
ieti (alternative)
yéti (alternative)

(cryptozoology) yeti (unidentified humanoid of the Himalayas)


Mongolian death worm

en-noun

Mongolian death worm (plural Mongolian death worms)

(cryptozoology) A cryptid reported from the Gobi desert, said to be a large bright red worm capable of attacking with corrosive acid or electric discharge.


adlet

Adlets are wont to hunt on all fours, and so were born stories of giant black dogs that accost travelers.

2006, Aaron Rosenberg, Various, Chosen RPG, Impressions, →ISBN:

An adlet is part-human and part-canine, […]. They can be cannibals, eating other dogs. When they first hunt prey they go for the victim's throat and drink the fresh blood.

2012, Lisa Regan, Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies, Amber Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 71:

... that one of their ancestors has been married to a dog and that they have canine blood in their veins. This does not mean, of course, that they can transform themselves into an Adlet or that they enjoy any special protection from its attentions.

2016, Dr. Bob Curran, Andy Paciorek, The Carnival Of Dark Dreams, →ISBN, page 56:

"We could mate with humans, but then we'd have to expose our existence, and there's no guarantee that the baby will be an adlet." She cleared her throat. "Of course, I'd love a human baby just as much as an adlet, but we need more halflings […]"
[…]
The dogs mated with other dogs and stayed in their canine form, but the halflings mated with both humans and dogs and so the adlets continued to spread across the land, always evolving. Some adlet families are more human than dog, ...

2019, Laura Greenwood, Skye MacKinnon, Under the Ice, Peryton Press:

(cryptozoology, mythology) A cryptid in Inuit mythology and folklore in Canada and Greenland, a tall, dog-legged humanoid (sometimes identified with inland Native Americans).


người tuyết

người (“human”) + tuyết (“snow”), a calque of Chinese 雪人 (tuyết nhân).

[ŋɨəj˨˩ twiət̚˧˦]

[ŋɨj˦˩ twiək̚˦˧˥]

[ŋɨj˨˩ t⁽ʷ⁾iək̚˦˥]


설인

Sino-Korean word from 雪人, from 雪 (“snow”) + 人 (“man”). Compare 눈사람 (nunsaram, “snowman”).


abominevole uomo delle nevi

it-noun

abominevole uomo delle nevi m (plural abominevoli uomini delle nevi)


reverse mermaid

en-noun

reverse mermaid (plural reverse mermaids)

(cryptozoology) A mythical creature, woman from the waist down, fish from the waist up.


menk

Borrowed from Mansi (compare Northern Mansi менкв (menkv)).

This figure is called menk in Ob-Ugrian folklore and ritual.

1996, Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia, page 79:

Although doors were jammed shut, the menk burst in with huge birch masks covered with hair made of hay.

1999, Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, The Tenacity of Ethnicity: A Siberian Saga in Global Perspective:

A new documentary, “Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives” airing June 1 on the Discovery Channel explores the remote possibility that a “menk” — the Russian^([sic – meaning Mansi]) word for Yeti — may have been responsible.

2014, “Mysterious Deaths Of College Students Blamed On ‘Russian Yeti’”, in Huffington Post:

(Russia, cryptozoology, folklore) An animal described by the Mansi as a "forest giant", with anatomical features similar to a yeti, said to live in the area of Khantia-Mansia, Russia.


North American wood ape

North American wood ape (plural North American wood apes)

(cryptozoology) A large hairy apelike, though upright walking, creature of North America; a Bigfoot.


verschrikkelijke sneeuwman

nl-noun

verschrikkelijke sneeuwman m (plural verschrikkelijke sneeuwmannen, diminutive verschrikkelijk sneeuwmannetje n)

verschrikkelijke sneeuwmannen (plural)
verschrikkelijk sneeuwmannetje (diminutive neuter)

Mid-twentieth century. Calque of English abominable snowman.


ネッシー

2008 February 20 [2006 January 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “「チャンスカメラ」で特(とく)ダネ写(しゃ)真(しん)を… [Breaking News Snapshots with the “Chance Camera”…]”, in ドラえもん＋(プラス) [Doraemon+], 4th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 23:

You took a picture of a UFO!! And Nessie at the park!?

UFOがうつってるわ‼公園にネッシーが⁉

Yūfō ga utsutteru wa‼ Kōen ni Nesshī ga⁉


criptídeo

criptídeos (plural)
criptídio (alternative)
criptido (alternative)

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō)
Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ)bor.
Latin cryptalbor.
English crypt
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Latin -oīdēslbor.
English -oid
English -id
English cryptidbor.
Portuguese criptídeo
Borrowed from English cryptid.

etymon

The New Jersey Devil is one of those creatures, a cryptid, bipedal, with wings that, according to the most popular legend—though of course we've never been able to prove it—was the thirteenth child of a Mrs. Leeds, who was understandably put out with Mr. Leeds for having already impregnated her a dozen times before.

2012, chapter 10, in Regiane Winarski, transl., Mordida, Rio de Janeiro: Galera Record, translation of Overbite by Meg Cabot, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

"Nessie", como é conhecido o criptídeo aquático que teria sido visto nas Terras Altas da Escócia, nunca teve a existência comprovada.

2022 December 13, “Criatura encontrada na Inglaterra é apelidada de "bebê monstro do Lado^([sic – meaning Lago]) Ness" [Creature found in England is nicknamed “baby Loch Ness monster”]”, in Terra, São Paulo, archived from the original on 2022-12-13:

“Nessie”, as the aquatic cryptid supposedly seen in the Scottish Highlands is known, has never had its existence proven.

A sua existência é fortemente contestada pelo meio científico, que considera tratar-se de um criptídeo, ou seja, uma criatura lendária cuja existência é controversa ou duvidosa.

2023, Carlos Falcão de Matos, “Outros estranhos visitantes [Other strange visitors]” (chapter II), in ELES EXISTEM E ESTÃO AQUI... [THEY EXIST AND ARE HERE...], volume 2, A Luz do Ser, →ISBN, Pé-grande, unnumbered page:

It's existence is strongly contested by the scientific community, which considers it to be a cryptid, that is, a legendary creature whose existence is controversial or dubious.

Notavelmente, o criptídeo é frequentemente associado a fenômenos sobrenaturais e premonições.

2025 January 17, Ricardo de Souza, Homem Mariposa: Relatos e Aparições [Mothman: Reports and Apparitions], page 12:

Notably, the cryptid is often associated with supernatural phenomena and premonitions.

Há séculos, o folclore congolês tem um criptídeo — uma criatura sem provas científicas — pouco conhecido no mundo ocidental. Trata-se do mokele-mbembe, um monstro semelhante a um dinossauro saurópode que viveria no Congo.

2025 April 7, Isabela Oliveira, “Mistério no Congo: moradores afirmam ter avistado dinossauros [Mistery in Congo: locals claim to have seen dinosaurs]”, in Giz Brasil, São Paulo: UOL, archived from the original on 2025-04-07:

For centuries, Congolese folklore has a cryptid—a creature without scientific proof—little known by the Western world. It's mokele-mbembe, a monster similar to a sauropod dinosaur that supposedly lives in Congo.


Adlet

(cryptozoology, mythology) Alternative letter-case form of adlet (“half-human, half-dog cryptid”)


менкв

Borrowed from Mansi (compare Northern Mansi [Term?]).

(Russia, cryptozoology, folklore) An animal described by the Mansi as a "forest giant", with anatomical features similar to a Yeti, said to live in the area of Khantia-Mansia, Russia.


monkey man

April 5, 2001, the Monkey Man attacks Anil Gopal.

2003, Henry Billings, On the Edge: Teacher's Guide, page 37:

Word is, he's on his way to Singapore in search of the Bukit Timah Monkey Man.

The most famous contemporary outbreak of Delhi heat hysteria was the Monkey Man panic of April and May 2001.

2013, Elizabeth Chatterjee, Delhi: Mostly Harmless:

(cryptozoology) A cryptid part monkey, part human.


człowiek śniegu

człowiek śniegu (nominative singular)
człowieka śniegu (genitive singular)
człowiekowi śniegu (dative singular)
człowieka śniegu (accusative singular)
człowiekiem śniegu (instrumental singular)
człowieku śniegu (locative singular)
człowieku śniegu (singular vocative)

/ˈt͡ʂwɔ.vjɛk ˈɕɲɛ.ɡu/

(cryptozoology, idiomatic) yeti, abominable snowman (unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas)


chupa-cabra

From chupa (“it sucks”) + cabra (“goat”), literally “goat sucker”. Compare Spanish chupacabras.


บิ๊กฟุต

th-noun

บิ๊กฟุต • (bík-fút)


бигфут

bigfut (romanization)
бигфути (plural)
бигфут (indefinite singular)
бигфути (indefinite plural)
бигфутот (definite singular unspecified)
бигфутите (definite plural unspecified)
бигфутов (definite proximal singular)
бигфутиве (definite plural proximal)
бигфутон (definite distal singular)
бигфутине (definite distal plural)
бигфуту (singular vocative)
бигфути (plural vocative)
бигфута (count-form plural)


бигфут

ru-noun+

бигфу́т • (bigfút) m anim (genitive бигфу́та, nominative plural бигфу́ты, genitive plural бигфу́тов)

бигфу́т (canonical)
bigfút (romanization)
бигфу́та (genitive)
бигфу́ты (nominative plural)
бигфу́тов (genitive plural)
бигфу́т (nominative singular)
бигфу́ты (nominative plural)
бигфу́та (genitive singular)
бигфу́тов (genitive plural)
бигфу́ту (dative singular)
бигфу́там (dative plural)
бигфу́та (accusative singular)
бигфу́тов (accusative plural)
бигфу́том (instrumental singular)
бигфу́тами (instrumental plural)
бигфу́те (prepositional singular)
бигфу́тах (plural prepositional)


snjómaður

is-noun

snjómaður m (genitive singular snjómanns, nominative plural snjómenn)

snjómanns (genitive singular)
snjómenn (nominative plural)
snjómaður (indefinite nominative singular)
snjómaðurinn (definite nominative singular)
snjómenn (indefinite nominative plural)
snjómennirnir (definite nominative plural)
snjómann (accusative indefinite singular)
snjómanninn (accusative definite singular)
snjómenn (accusative indefinite plural)
snjómennina (accusative definite plural)
snjómanni (dative indefinite singular)
snjómanninum (dative definite singular)
snjómönnum (dative indefinite plural)
snjómönnunum (dative definite plural)
snjómanns (genitive indefinite singular)
snjómannsins (definite genitive singular)
snjómanna (genitive indefinite plural)
snjómannanna (definite genitive plural)

(cryptozoology) abominable snowman, yeti


Bigfootologist

A Peace River Valley Bigfootologist has come up with a suggestion as to the whereabouts of Polk County’s mysterious ape-man or Florida Swampman after it eludes hunters and searchers just like it did earlier this month in the Green Swamp. […] The Bigfootologists said undoubtedly the mysterious ape-man-like creature hid in the huge underground “faults” or cavities or spaces beneath the ground.

1977 October 24, Ralph Sumner, “Peace Valley Views: Valley Gets First Arrivals For Winter”, in The Tampa Tribune, 83rd year, number 253, Tampa, Fla., page 2, columns 1–2:

When Wylie sticks to describing these people and their habitats, he can be quite effective. But when he strikes out and tries to explain their motivations, he often gets into the same murky pseudo-scientific areas as the more fervent Bigfootologists.

1981 March 8, Jim Marrs, “It seems that we’ve all been myth-taken”, in Fort Worth Star-Telegram, page 7D:

She was also the one who pointed out that when she had been unable to positively identify a hair sample, the Bigfootologist would twist this to imply that it was from an unidentified animal. This was such a frequent and irritating corruption of her opinion that she stopped trying to help Bigfootologists many years ago.

2016, Bryan Sykes, “The Government Laboratory”, in Bigfoot, Yeti, and the Last Neanderthal: A Geneticist’s Search for Modern Apemen, Disinformation Books, →ISBN, part II, pages 230–231:

(uncommon, cryptozoology) A person who looks for evidence of the existence of Bigfoot.


Bigfootology

Morgan is indeed soaring. Not only does he have generous financial backing (a far cry from his previous outings which were financed by hard work and perspiration), but he has, too, the expertise of some of the nation’s most prestigious scientists. His scientific advisory board reads like the “Who’s Who?” But this is a new dimension of Bigfootology. When Morgan applied to the National Science Foundation for a grant only five years ago, his application was rejected. No reputable scientist would even talk to him about a man-like ape (or ape-like man) roaming the American wilderness.

1974 September 8, Penelope McPhee, “man against myth: the search for Bigfoot”, in The Spokesman-Review Sunday Magazine, page 14, column 4:

“What is it with you and garlic?” Riley asked in the dark. “That’s exclusively for vampires.” / “Well, what do you use for Bigfeet?” I asked. / Riley shrugged. “You’ve got me,” he said. “The field of Bigfootology is still in its infancy. But I’m pretty sure garlic would just tick him off.”

1999, Paul Buchanan, Wild Ride on Bigfoot Mountain (Heebie Jeebies; 6), Nashville, Tenn.: Broadman & Holman Publishers, →ISBN, page 68:

Anyone who turns up with indisputable proof of Bigfoot’s existence stands to make a lot of money; in such a commercial atmosphere it is perhaps not surprising that the world of ‘Bigfootology’ is rife with accusations of fraud and fabrication – not to mention legal disputes.

2011, Jack Wolfsblume, “Mysterious Sightings”, in Paranormal, Waverley Books, →ISBN, page 30:

(uncommon, cryptozoology) The study of Bigfoot.


Monstro do Lago Ness

pt-proper noun

Monstro do Lago Ness m (plural Monstros do Lago Ness)

Calque of English Loch Ness monster. First attested in 1944.

Seguindo a quinta hipotese, que é, aliás, a mais possivel, o monstro do Maranhão é um produto da imaginação popular e um caso igual ao do monstro do Lago Ness, visto, dizem, em 1925, na Escocia, e cuja existencia na expressão de sir Arthur Keith, “não é um problema de zoologia, mas de psicologia”.

1944 October 1, “O mostro marinho do Maranhão”, As Grandes Reportagens Exclusivas, in Diario Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, page 7, column 6:

Following the fifth hypotesis, which is, by the way, the most likely, the monster of Maranhão is a product of folk imagination and a case similar to the Loch Ness monster, seen, they say, in 1925 in Scotland, whose existence, as said by sir Arthur Keith, “is not a problem for zoologists but for psychologists.”

Are you by chance referring to the legend of the Loch Ness monster?

2004, 6:16 from the start, in Scott Jeralds, Joe Sichta, directors, Scooby-Doo! e o Monstro do Lago Ness (DVD), spoken by Velma Dinkley (Nair Amorim), Rio de Janeiro: Warner Bros., dubbing of Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster:

A teoria de que o Monstro do Lago Ness poderia ser um plesiossauro ganhou força nos últimos anos.

2024 September 15, Maria Eduarda Moutinho, “O 'Monstro do Lago Ness' realmente existiu? Entenda a história”, in Terra:

The theory that the Loch Ness monster could be a plesiosaurus has gained traction over the last years.

Privacidade invadida transforma humanos comuns em monstros do Lago Ness. E era isso que Fábio temia.

2024, Bia Willcox, A vida on-line como ela é : baseado em histórias reais, São Paulo: Matrioska, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

An invaded privacity transforms common humans into Loch Ness monsters. And that's what Fábio is afraid of.


dobsegna

From Lower Grand Valley Dani [Term?] or Angguruk Yali [Term?]

(cryptozoology) An animal resembling a thylacine, rumored to live in the New Guinea highlands.


尼斯湖水怪

ㄋㄧˊ ㄙ ㄏㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

ㄋㄧˊ ㄙ ㄏㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

Нисы хушуйгуай

/ni³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ xu³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

/nei̯²¹ siː⁵⁵ wuː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/

/ni³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ xu³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

/nei̯²¹ siː⁵⁵ wuː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/


xà niêng

con (classifier)
Xà Niêng (alternative)
xà niên (alternative)

[saː˨˩ niəŋ˧˧]

[saː˦˩ niəŋ˧˧]

[saː˨˩ niəŋ˧˧]

(cryptozoology) allegedly unidentified humanoid creature of Southern Vietnam, similar to Sasquatch


Steller's sea ape

First observed by German zoologist Georg Steller on August 10, 1741.

(cryptozoology) A purported marine mammal with a dog-like head, most likely a misidentified northern fur seal.


BTMM

Bukit Timah Monkey Man
w:Bukit Timah Monkey Man

(cryptozoology, Singapore) Initialism of Bukit Timah Monkey Man.