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flesh-eating

flesh-eating adjective: that consumes flesh.

Adjective

flesh-eating (not comparable)

  1. 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. Of bacteria, necrotizing.

Synonyms of flesh-eating

Words formed from flesh-eating

Questions about flesh-eating

What does flesh-eating mean?
Flesh-eating means that consumes flesh.
What part of speech is flesh-eating?
Flesh-eating is an adjective.

Words near flesh-eating in the dictionary

  1. flesh-bags
  2. flesh-brush
  3. flesh-colored
  4. flesh-coloured
  5. flesh-crawling
  6. flesh-eating
  7. flesh-eating disease
  8. flesh-flies
  9. flesh-fly
  10. flesh-glue
  11. flesh-pot

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