Crossword clues for man-eater
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Man-eater \Man"-eat`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
alt. 1 An animal that has a reputation for eating humans, such as the tiger or shark. 2 A cannibal. 3 (context by extension slang English) A woman with a threatening attitude, often readily taking and discarding male romantic partners. n. 1 An animal that has a reputation for eating humans, such as the tiger or shark. 2 A cannibal. 3 (context by extension slang English) A woman with a threatening attitude, often readily taking and discarding male romantic partners.
WordNet
n. a person who eats human flesh [syn: cannibal, anthropophagus, anthropophagite]
large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans [syn: great white shark, white shark, man-eating shark, Carcharodon carcharias]
Wikipedia
Man-eater is a colloquial term for an animal that preys upon humans. This does not include scavenging. Although human beings can be attacked by many kinds of animals, man-eaters are those that have incorporated human flesh into their usual diet. Most reported cases of man-eaters have involved tigers, leopards, lions and crocodilians. However, they are by no means the only predators that will attack humans if given the chance; a wide variety of species have also been known to take humans as prey, including bears, Komodo dragons, hyenas, cougars, and sharks.
Usage examples of "man-eater".
The addition of a bar, picture window and garish roadside sign depicting a blood-colored man-eater rampant against a green sea was sufficient to transform it into a saloon of the seediest type.
On the first occasion I had been down to visit an isolated village, on the south face of Kala Agar ridge, that had been abandoned the previous year owing to the depredations of the man-eater, and on the way back had taken a cattle track that went over the ridge and down the far side to the forest road, when, approaching a pile of rocks, I suddenly felt there was danger ahead.
This, in fact, is a relatively small total compared to the hundreds which some man-eaters killed before they were themselves removed from the earthly scene.
Don't they say that drinking too much saline water makes a man-eater of a tiger?
It was somehow slightly frightening, like the gambolling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into man-eaters.