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ANTHROPOPHAGUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anthropophagus mean?
• ANTHROPOPHAGUS (noun)
The noun ANTHROPOPHAGUS has 1 sense:
1. a person who eats human flesh
Familiarity information: ANTHROPOPHAGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who eats human flesh
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
anthropophagite; anthropophagus; cannibal; man-eater
Hypernyms ("anthropophagus" is a kind of...):
barbarian; savage (a member of an uncivilized people)
Derivation:
anthropophagous (of or relating to eaters of human flesh)
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