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for man-eater
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Man-eater \Man"-eat`er\, n. (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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
man-eater
n 1: a person who eats human flesh [syn: cannibal, man-
eater, anthropophagus, anthropophagite]
2: large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to
attack humans [syn: great white shark, white shark, man-
eater, man-eating shark, Carcharodon carcharias]
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