batutut

English

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧tu‧tut

Noun

batutut

1. A folkloric hairy hominid said to inhabit wilderness areas of Vietnam, Laos, and northern Borneo.
   • 1988, Jeffrey A McNeely, Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, Soul of the tiger:

     John MacKinnon, studying orangutan ecology in the Malaysian state of Sabah, found footprints of the batutut […]

   • 2007, Jeff Meldrum, Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science:

     […] the batutut was described as a type of ghost, a shy nocturnal creature about four feet tall, which walks upright like a man and has a long black mane.

   • 2009, Gregory Forth, Images of the Wildman in Southeast Asia:

     From the guide's description, however, the batutut seems more aggressive […]