"yowie" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Mythological creatures",
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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "The white population claimed that an escaped panther from a travelling circus was the culprit; others thought that a Yowie was responsible.",
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        "An ape-like monster or animal said to exist in parts of eastern Australia."
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          "cryptozoology",
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          "ape",
          "ape"
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          "monster",
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        [
          "animal",
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        ],
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          "Australia",
          "Australia"
        ]
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        "(Australia, cryptozoology) An ape-like monster or animal said to exist in parts of eastern Australia."
      ],
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          "word": "abominable snowman"
        },
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          "word": "Bigfoot"
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        {
          "word": "bunyip"
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        {
          "word": "menk"
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        {
          "word": "min min lights"
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        {
          "word": "sasquatch"
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          "word": "yeti"
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      "enpr": "you'wi"
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      "ipa": "/ˈjaʊwi/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yowie"
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      "name": "bor"
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      "word": "menk"
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    {
      "word": "min min lights"
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    {
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  "word": "yowie"
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