anthropophagi
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of anthropophagi
1545–55; < Latin, plural of anthrōpophagus cannibal < Greek anthrōpophágos man-eating. See anthropo-, -phage, -phagous
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The book mostly takes place in and around the Vorrh, an uncharted and unknowable forest in Africa filled with John of Mandeville’s anthropophagi and other unknown monsters.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2015
Ptolemy's anthropophagi may perhaps be referred to the smaller islands.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
Yes," he replied, "and beyond the Delectable Mountains, on the far slope, lies Prester John's Kingdom, and there dwell anthropophagi, and men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders.
From Tales of Fantasy and Fact by Matthews, Brander
And,— "And of the cannibals that each other eat, The anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders."
From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Kingsley, Charles
I found myself, in a word, to be fed up like a prisoner in a camp of anthropophagi, and honoured like the sacrificial bull.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
C. anthropophagus is one of those 'horned' crocodiles.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 13, 2013
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