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What Himalayan creature, often called the 'Abominable Snowman' in English, has a name derived from Tibetan words meaning 'rocky place bear'?

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Yeti

The term 'Abominable Snowman' originated from a 1921 mistranslation of the Tibetan term 'Metoh-Kangmi' during a British Everest Reconnaissance Expedition.

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