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Webster 1913 Edition


Man-eater

Man′-eatˊer

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Noun.
(Zool.)
One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp.
Carcharodon carcharias
syn.
Carcharodon Rondeleti
); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh.