maneating
nounEtymology From man + eating.
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The consumption of human flesh by animals
- Corbett described maneating as the compulsive seeking of human flesh by carnivores1993, Arjan Singh, The legend of the maneater, page 83:
- In general, maneating is only an infinitesimally small factor of mortality amongst people.2002, Hans Kruuk, Hunter and hunted: relationships between carnivores and people, page 75:
- Derived terms
- maneater