What is "yeti"

1937, from Sherpa (Tibetan) yeh-teh "small manlike animal." Compare abominable snowman.

n. (context cryptozoology English) An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.

n. large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas [syn: abominable snowman]

The Yeti or Abominable Snowman ( Nepali: हिममानव himamānav, lit. "mountain man") is an ape-like cryptid taller than an average human that is said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology. Stories of the Yeti first emerged as a facet of Western popular culture in the 19th century.

The scientific community has generally regarded the Yeti as a legend, given the lack of conclusive evidence, and it remains one of the most famous creatures of cryptozoology. In one genetic study, researchers matched DNA from hair samples found in the Himalaya with a prehistoric bear from the Pleistocene epoch.

The Yeti are fictional robots in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. They were originally created by Henry Lincoln and Mervyn Haisman, and first appeared in the 1967 serial The Abominable Snowmen, where they encountered the Second Doctor and his companions Jamie and Victoria.

The Yeti resemble the cryptozoological creatures also called the Yeti, with an appearance Radio Times has described as "cuddly but ferocious", disguising a small spherical device that provides its motive power. The Yeti serve the Great Intelligence, a disembodied entity from another dimension, which first appeared trying to form a physical body so as to conquer the Earth. Initially the Yeti are a ruse to scare off curiosity seekers, later serving as an army for the Great Intelligence.

Disagreements arose between Lincoln and Haisman with the BBC in 1968 over a serial introducing another new monster, The Dominators, leading to the writers' departure from the series and the retirement of the Yeti as antagonists. The Yeti have since appeared infrequently in flashbacks or cameo appearances, in addition to 1990s Virgin Missing Adventures novels and the 1995 Reeltime spin-off production Downtime. The Great Intelligence has since returned in Series 7 of the revived series, portrayed by Sir Ian McKellen and Richard E Grant, without the aid of its Yeti servants.

Yeti are an English rock band, founded in 2004 by John Hassall, of The Libertines. Hassall met Brendan Kersey, Andrew Deian and Mark Underwood (formerly Harmony Williams) through mutual friends, and the line-up was completed when drummer Graham Blacow responded to a classified advertisement. The band is based in North London.

The Yeti, or Abominable Snowman, is a legendary apelike beast said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet.

Yeti may also refer to:

• Yeti (band), a British indie rock band
• Yeti (album), a 1970 psychedelic rock album by Amon Düül II
• Yeti (film), a 2008 monster movie featured on the Sci Fi Channel
• Yeti (magazine), a series of large-format music magazines featuring music contributions and interviews from predominantly indie artists
• The Yeti (magazine), an independent writing publication from Tallahassee, Florida
• Yeti (Dungeons & Dragons), a creature type in the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons
• Yeti (Doctor Who), a fictional race of robots, also called Abominable Snowmen, in the Doctor Who universe
• Yeti (company), a Japanese video game company
• YETI (company), a luxury cooler company
• Yeti Airlines, an airline based in Nepal
• "Yeti crab", an informal name for Kiwa (genus), a genus of deep-sea crustaceans
• Yeti Cycles, a bicycle manufacturer in Golden, Colorado
• Yetisports, a Flash game
• The Yeti with Betty, a comic
• Yeti (comics), the codenames of two unrelated fictional Marvel Comics characters
• The Snowdon Mountain Railway has a diesel locomotive named "Yeti"
• A gimmick of professional wrestler Ron Reis
• Škoda Yeti, a Mini SUV model built by the Czech car manufacturer Škoda Auto
• YETI engine, a video game engine developed by Ubisoft
• Yeti, a USB microphone from Blue Microphones
• Sarah Urist Green, often referred to as "the yeti" by her husband, John Green, in his YouTube videos

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the yeti is a monstrous humanoid.

Yeti is the name of two fictional comic book characters from the Marvel Comics universe.

Yeti is a double LP by krautrock band Amon Düül II which was first released in 1970 on Liberty (Germany: LBS 83359/60 X; United Kingdom: LSP 101). The album was produced by Olaf Kübler and Amon Düül II, and engineered by Willy Schmidt, "with a little help of Siegfried E. Loch". Including both short songs and longer, improvisational tracks, British avant-garde music magazine The Wire describes Yeti as "one of the cornerstones of both Amon Düül's career and the entire Krautrock movement."

The Yeti are a number of similar fictional hidden races in the Marvel Universe.

Yeti are fur-covered humanoid beings living in the Himalaya Mountains and familiarly known as "Abominable Snowmen." There are three known varieties of Yeti.

The first, the so-called "Cold People," were highly intelligent and had made advanced scientific developments. They were transformed into normal human beings.

A far more primitive race of Yeti with human intelligence first appeared in Man-Thing vol.2, #2, but was destroyed.

An example of a third race of Yeti was encountered by Shang-Chi, and first appeared in Master of Kung Fu #124.

YETI is a game engine developed and used by Ubisoft. The engine was originally developed by Ubisoft Tiwak and Paris studios for their critically acclaimed Xbox 360 version of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. A heavily modified version of the engine is used in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.

YETI Coolers is an Austin, Texas-based manufacturer of outdoor lifestyle products such as ice chests, vacuum-insulated stainless-steel drinkware, soft coolers, and related accessories. The company also uses the name "YETI".

YETI magazine is a journal focused on art, music and literature, based in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is published by YETI publishing (who have also published books by Luc Sante, Tara Jane O'Neil and Jana Martin). YETI was founded in Seattle, Washington by Mike McGonigal, author of the 33⅓ book on the album Loveless, former editor of '80s 'zine Chemical Imbalance, and a freelance writer (including contributions to Pitchfork Media). The magazine features various articles, interviews, artwork, poetry, novel excerpts, and more, from contributors including:

• Jeff Mangum
• Stacey Levine
• Amy Gerstler
• Dan Bejar
• Richard Thompson
• Harry Smith
• Akron/Family

Each magazine is packaged with a compilation music CD, featuring rare and/or previously unreleased tracks. Musical contributors to the magazine have included:

• Iron and Wine (Including their debut recording in YETI 1 and covers of Stereolab and Flaming Lips in YETI 2.)
• Elliott Smith
• Death Cab for Cutie
• The Shins
• The Postal Service
• Devendra Banhart
• Destroyer

Yeti is a strategy, design and application development firm based in San Francisco, CA.