maneating

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noun

The consumption of human flesh by animals

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Meanings

adjectivemaneating (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of man-eating.

    1959, John Taylor, Maneaters and marauders, snippet A big maneating croc had appeared in the lagoon of Lifumba

    2 more examples

    Well known maneating tigers were killed in several districts.

    1907, Fur-fish-game, volumes 5-6, page 129

    They reflect what we are, maneating gods the gods of maneating men, beautiful Olympians the gods of the first humanists.

    1998, Stephen P Fishelman, The Measure of Man, page 84
nounmaneating (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe consumption of human flesh by animals

    Corbett described maneating as the compulsive seeking of human flesh by carnivores

    1993, Arjan Singh, The legend of the maneater, page 83
    1 more example

    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

Origin

From man + eating.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

manganite
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APA

maneating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maneating

MLA

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Chicago

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