sasquatch
nounUK /ˈsæskwɒt͡ʃ/ · US /ˈsæskwɑt͡ʃ/
Etymology Borrowed from Halkomelem sásq’ets (“hairy man”).
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Biology, Cryptozoology, Natural sciences, Zoology A large hairy humanoid creature of western North America.
- [Riley] Keough plays one of the family of four sasquatches (the mythical creature also known as bigfoot) that the film follows over the course of a year as the primitive, grunting ape-like creatures lumber through the forests of the Pacific north-west of America. […] At first, there’s something almost disconcertingly crude about the sasquatch skins.2024 June 16, Wendy Ide, “Sasquatch Sunset review – brilliant bigfoot oddity is unexpectedly moving”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Derived terms
- blobsquatch, samsquanch
- Related terms
- abominable snowman, menk, yeti, yowie