man-eater (n.)

  1. a person who eats human flesh

    [ Syn: cannibal , anthropophagus , anthropophagite ]

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

    [ Syn: great white shark , white shark , man-eating shark , carcharodon carcharias ]

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