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MAN-EATER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
Synonyms:
Carcharodon carcharias; great white shark; man-eater; man-eating shark; white shark
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("man-eater" is a kind of...):
mackerel shark (fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks)
Holonyms ("man-eater" is a member of...):
Carcharodon; genus Carcharodon (man-eating sharks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who eats human flesh
Synonyms:
anthropophagite; anthropophagus; cannibal; man-eater
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("man-eater" is a kind of...):
barbarian; savage (a member of an uncivilized people)
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