man-eater n 1: a person who eats human flesh [syn: {cannibal}, {man- eater}, {anthropophagus}, {anthropophagite}] 2: large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans [syn: {great white shark}, {white shark}, {man- eater}, {man-eating shark}, {Carcharodon carcharias}]
Man-eater \Man"-eat`er\, n. (Zool.) One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. {Carcharodon carcharias} syn. {Carcharodon Rondeleti}); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh. [1913 Webster]