One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh.
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A foreigner.
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Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
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Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.
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Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.
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A cannibal.
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A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind.
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