English

Adjective

maneating ‎(not comparable)

1. Alternative form of man-eating
   • 1907, Fur-fish-game, Volumes 5-6, page 129

     Well known maneating tigers were killed in several districts.

   • 1959, John Taylor, Maneaters and marauders, snippet

     A big maneating croc had appeared in the lagoon of Lifumba

   • 1998, Stephen P Fishelman, The Measure of Man, page 84

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

Noun

maneating ‎(uncountable)

1. The consumption of human flesh by animals
   • 1993, Arjan Singh, The legend of the maneater, page 83

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

   • 2002, Hans Kruuk, Hunter and hunted: relationships between carnivores and people, page 75

     In general, maneating is only an infinitesimally small factor of mortality amongst people.

Derived terms

• maneater