| 释义 |
hominivorous, a.|hɒmɪˈnɪvərəs|
[f. L. homin-em man + -vor-us devouring + -ous.]
Devouring or feeding upon human beings.
1859–63Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (1876) 224 There are man-eaters among the Hyænas, and these hominivorous animals are greatly dreaded. 1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iv. i. 237 The Hominivorous fly..inhabits Cayenne. 1868P. M. Duncan tr. Figuier's Insect World ii. 72 Let us..observe that this hominivorous fly is not, properly speaking, a parasite of man. |