yowie
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- noun
- Australian
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yowie
- Reports of ghosts, mysterious lights in the skies, and sightings by experienced bushmen of strange animals (such as the Yahoo or Yowie) were mostly treated in a matter-of-fact fashion throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- hunt for the yowie
Examples
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Slam! Zing! Yowie!
Fiction book (1994) -
Or, as it's known in a land down under: the Yowie.
Blog text (13) -
In Australia, it's Yowie.
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Of course, no one would claim that Mabel Walsh saw a Yowie.
Blog text (13) -
Many people claim to have seen a yowie roaming through the dense forests of Australia.
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The story of the yowie has been passed down for generations, sparking curiosity about its existence.
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In Australian folklore, a yowie is often described as a large, hairy creature that resembles both human and ape.
Synonyms
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8.6
A large, hairy creature like a human that people say lives in remote forests
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9.5
A large hairy creature like a human said to live in the Himalayan mountains
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8.8
A large, hairy humanlike creature that people say lives in the Himalayas
A creature like an ape in stories and legends
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yowie for the creature comes from Australian folk stories and may come from Aboriginal words for a wild, hairy man, and it is used like Bigfoot or yeti. That's why a yowie means a legendary ape-like being said to live in the 'bush'.