Dictionary

flesh-eating en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) That consumes flesh.
   • His ferocious cry and the horrible energy of his pursuit both assured me that this was surely one of the great flesh-eating dinosaurs, the most terrible beasts which have ever walked this earth. 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
   • Certain flesh-eating peoples will not partake of animal blood in any form, but require all blood to be first drained from the meat. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 164:
2. (not-comparable) Of bacteria, necrotizing.

Deriveds

flesh-eating disease

Synonyms

carnivorous · meat-eating · creophagous