The locals call this river the "man-eater" and fear it.
Source: tatoeba (3997780)
Man-eater
Synonyms for "man-eater" (82 found)
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Translations
23 translations across 20 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- adamyeyən noun (animal that eats humans)
Belarusian
2 entries- людае́д noun (animal that eats humans)
- людажэ́рца noun (animal that eats humans)
Bulgarian
1 entries- людое́д noun (animal that eats humans)
Chickasaw
1 entries- hattak-apa' noun (animal that eats humans)
Czech
1 entries- lidožrout noun (animal that eats humans)
Danish
1 entries- menneskeæder noun (animal that eats humans)
German
1 entries- Menschenfresser noun (animal that eats humans)
Hindi
2 entries- नरभक्षक noun (animal that eats humans)
- नरभक्षी noun (animal that eats humans)
Hungarian
1 entries- emberevő noun (animal that eats humans)
Icelandic
1 entries- mannæta noun (animal that eats humans)
Latin
1 entries- hominivora noun (animal that eats humans)
Māori
1 entries- mangō-taniwha noun (animal that eats humans)
Persian
1 entries- آدمخوار noun (animal that eats humans)
Polish
1 entries- ludojad noun (animal that eats humans)
Russian
1 entries- людое́д noun (animal that eats humans)
Slovak
1 entries- ľudožrút noun (animal that eats humans)
Spanish
1 entries- comehombres noun (animal that eats humans)
Swedish
1 entries- människoätare noun (animal that eats humans)
Turkish
1 entries- insan yiyici noun (animal that eats humans)
Ukrainian
2 entries- людоже́р noun (animal that eats humans)
- людої́д noun (animal that eats humans)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Is it a man-eater?
Source: tatoeba (6029464)
And particularly, he knows where to find the primitive substance of the man eater: howsoever evaporate or reduced, as it were, into air or vapour, by sweat or perspiration.
Source: wiktionary
Man-eaters are more newsworthy than three-foot-long harmless sharks with tiny teeth.
Source: wiktionary
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