Animal or mythical creature that feasts on human flesh.
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Examples for "man-eater "
Examples for "man-eater "
1 And thus the man-eater was shut in with the three sleeping men.
2 The man-eater lurked in a wood that was hard by the sheep-run.
3 Shall I wander to the west, the fierce Mohawk , - the man-eater , - is my foe.
4 Left her family and friends behind, to worship the glittering man - eater called Manhattan.
5 Cautiously the youth crept out upon the trail of the man-eater .
1 He'd have to respond or else lose his growing reputation as a maneater .
2 He even showed a picture of the maneater that accorded rudely with the picture on the rocks.
3 Regardless, paramedics treated the boy's injuries and officials closed down the beach until the maneater was hunted down.
4 By Jove, a regular maneater !
5 He saw the girl fling a grimace at the angry, roaring, maneater beneath her, and then, laughing, speed away into the forest.
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