Usage of "anthropophagous"

Eating other humans (speaking about a human).

Savage.

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Examples for "man-eating"

These man-eating fish are a veritable scourge in the waters they frequent. 
 Through the Brazilian Wilderness 

If man-eating predators inhabit Lydia Isle, I have yet to see any. 
 The Mammoth Book of Steampunk 

He eagerly awaited news of knights in magical armor riding man-eating unicorns. 
 Stars rain down 

The conditions which predispose a tiger to man-eating have been much discussed. 
 Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official 

This is the point at which construction was stopped by man-eating lions. 
 African Camp Fires 

Ancient cannibalistic religions have less eccentric calendars than does the movie universe. 
 The Irish Times 

Among the curious creatures native to the island is a fierce cannibalistic fly. 
 The Confessions of a Beachcomber 

The wilding army includes the cannibalistic Thenns, as well as mammoths and giants. 
 The South African 

Discontented, unfailing in her melancholy reminiscences of cannibalistic snakes and herons. 
 Diane of the Green Van 

But Ruth Fielding much doubted her cannibalistic ability in this line. 
 Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill; Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret 

Usage of anthropophagous in English

The New Zealanders, up to very recent times, were probably the most anthropophagous race that ever existed. 
 Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 

Frequent collocations

Anthropophagous through the time

Meanings of anthropophagous in English