"olitiau" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1943, Clifton Fadiman, Sinclair Lewis, Carl Van Doren, The Three Readers:",
          "text": "\"What kind of a bat is it,\" I asked, \"that has wings like this (opening my arms) and is all black?\" \"Olitiau!\" somebody almost screamed, and there was a hurried conference in the Assumbo tongue.",
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          "ref": "1958, Bernard Heuvelmans, On the tracks of unknown animals:",
          "text": "...the kongamato like the olitiau is in the habit of diving at men crossing its territory — perhaps trying to drive them away...",
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          "ref": "1998, Robert Nicholson, Great Mysteries:",
          "text": "As large as a huge eagle, local tribesmen called it an Olitiau.",
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          "ref": "2003, Karl Shuker, The beasts that hide from man: seeking the world's last undiscovered animals:",
          "text": "Several authorities have boldly attempted to equate the olitiau with a pterodactyl, in preference to a giant bat.",
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          "ref": "2006, E. Randall Floyd, The world's 100 greatest mysteries:",
          "text": "Known locally as the olitiau, the creature that buzzed Dr. Sanderson was similar to dozens of other strange birds said to still inhabit remote corners of Africa.",
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          "text": "In his youth, Sanderson, a Scot, was an explorer who mounted expeditions into some of the world's most isolated jungles, recording numerous thus-far unknown creatures — most notably, the gigantic bat-like creature known as the Olitiau, which attacked his party while he was exploring in the Assumbo Mountains of Cameroon.",
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