anthropophagi
Americanplural noun
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anthropophagus
singular
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
He begins to think of "antres huge and deserts vast, and anthropophagi, and men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders."
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
Ptolemy's anthropophagi may perhaps be referred to the smaller islands.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
In ancient maps it was usual for the cartographer to mark blank spaces for the unexplored regions, with some such legend as "here are anthropophagi," or "here are mandrakes," scrawled across them.
From The Vital Message by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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 Brander Matthews
C. anthropophagus is one of those 'horned' crocodiles.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 13, 2013
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