yowie

/ (ˈjaʊɪ) /

noun

a large legendary manlike or apelike creature, alleged to inhabit the Australian outback

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Word Origin for yowie

C21: from an Aboriginal word yuwi

Words nearby yowie

youthful, youthful offender, youtube, yow, yowe, yowie, yowl, yowler, ypres, ypsilanti, ypsilon

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Example sentences from the Web for yowie

So I made a compact that as soon as he showed us this wonderful “Yowie” (his word for water) he should go free.
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