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# yeti

«yeti» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large, hairy, ape-like creature that some people say…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (yeti, yetis; also the Yeti)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A large, hairy, ape-like creature that some people say lives in the Himalaya mountains; it is a legend, and no one has ever proved it is real. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeti/#m1)

2) Another name for the Abominable Snowman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeti/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and myths, the yeti is a mystery creature of the snowy mountains of Nepal and Tibet. In science lessons it is an example of a claim without good evidence: footprints and hairs said to be from a yeti turned out to be from bears and other animals.

### examples

- Climbers said they saw yeti footprints in the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeti/#x1)
- The yeti is a legend from the Himalayas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeti/#x2)
- Scientists tested «yeti hair» and found it came from bears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeti/#x3)
- In the film, the yeti was friendly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeti/#x4)
- The yeti is also called the Abominable Snowman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeti/#x5)
- Do you believe in the yeti? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeti/#x6)

### note

Plural: yetis. Myth trap: there is no scientific proof that yetis exist. Bigfoot or Sasquatch is a similar legend from North America.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «yeti» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeti/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.