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Meanings of man-eater in English

Portuguese
tubarão branco
Catalan
tauró blanc
Spanish
carcharodon carcharias

Large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans.

        tubarão branco
        Portuguese
        canibal
        Catalan
        antropòfag

        A person who eats human flesh.

              canibal
              Russian
              животные-людоеды
              Spanish
              devorador de hombres

              Animal or mythical creature that feasts on human flesh.

                    животные-людоеды

                    A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive.

                          Usage of man-eater in English
                          1
                          And thus the man-eater was shut in with the three sleeping men.
                          From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
                          2
                          The man-eater lurked in a wood that was hard by the sheep-run.
                          Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) / Myths and Legendary He...
                          3
                          Shall I wander to the west, the fierce Mohawk,-theman-eater,-ismy foe.
                          Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4
                          4
                          Left her family and friends behind, to worship the glittering man-eater called Manhattan.
                          Audrey's door
                          5
                          Cautiously the youth crept out upon the trail of the man-eater.
                          Thuvia, Maid of Mars
                          6
                          The aboriginal man-eater, or pocket-cannibal, is susceptible of the refining influences of Civilization.
                          What Will He Do with It? — Volume 04
                          7
                          Like other crocodiles, the gavial has often been accused of being a man-eater.
                          Backup & recovery
                          8
                          The M'Cord bungalow is a book of man-eater tales-withleather leaves.
                          Son of Power
                          9
                          Also it was true the beast, though full grown, was not a man-eater.
                          Son of Power
                          10
                          A man-eater, brilliant and bitter, the size of a small elephant.
                          Neverwhere
                          11
                          A very large lizard is also said to be a man-eater.
                          Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the L...
                          12
                          A man-eater, to quote those fops of pop Hall and Oates.
                          Big bosoms and square jaws
                          13
                          Because she's a man-eater and has the ego of Marie Antoinette?
                          Getting old is tres dangereux
                          14
                          A known man-eater refusing to eat a man who wishes to be eaten?
                          Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
                          15
                          What made Nick choose the haunts of a man-eater for his Christmas party?
                          The Keeper of the Door
                          16
                          Why don't you be a bit smarter, you damned frizzy-haired man-eater?
                          Âmona; The Child; And The Beast; And Others / From "The Strange ...
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                          Man-eater through the time
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