ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Maneating

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Maneating is an adjective meaning The consumption of human flesh by animals.

Meaning

The consumption of human flesh by animals.

More Meanings

  1. Alternative form of man-eating.

Example Sentences

Well known maneating tigers were killed in several districts.
Corbett described maneating as the compulsive seeking of human flesh by carnivores
In general, maneating is only an infinitesimally small factor of mortality amongst people.
1959, John Taylor, Maneaters and marauders, snippet A big maneating croc had appeared in the lagoon of Lifumba

Related Words

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