hominivorousadj.
/hɒmɪˈnɪvərəs/ Devouring or feeding upon human beings.
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man-eating1607
men-eating1634
anthropophagous1703
feminivorous1820
hominivorous1859
androphagous1865
1859–63 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (1876) 224 There are man-eaters among the Hyænas, and these hominivorous animals are greatly dreaded.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iv. i. 237 The Hominivorous fly..inhabits Cayenne.
1868 P. M. Duncan tr. L. Figuier Insect World ii. 72 Let us..observe that this hominivorous fly is not, properly speaking, a parasite of man.
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