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man-eating

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man-eat·er (mntr)
n.
1. An animal, such as a tiger, that eats or is reputed to eat human flesh.
2. A cannibal.
3. Slang A woman who is considered dangerous or threatening to men.
man-eating adj.
man-eating
adj
1. eating human flesh
2. Informal (of a woman) having many lovers
Translations
man-eating [ˈmænˌiːtɪŋ] ADJ → antropófago
man-eating
adj → menschenfressend; man-eating shark → Menschenhai m
man-eating [ˈmænˌiːtɪŋ] adj (animal) → che si nutre di carne umana; (tribe) → antropofago/a
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It was pretty close quarters in that little dugout for three human beings and two practically wild, man-eating dogs; but we had to make the best of it, since I would not listen to Juag's sug-gestion that we kill and eat Raja and Ranee.
Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Jerry was never to see the dark island of savagery again, although often in his sleeping dreams it was to return to him in vivid illusion, as he relived his days upon it, from the destruction of the Arangi and the man-eating orgy on the beach to his flight from the shell-scattered house and flesh of Nalasu.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
There was nothing for it but to stand our ground and take our medicine, though, from the hideous racket which now assailed our ears, and for which that first roar had seemed to be the signal, I judged that we must be in the midst of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of the fierce, man-eating denizens of the Kaolian jungle.
Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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