Where is the barbarian who would roast a lamb, if it conjured him by an affecting speech not to become at once an assassin, an anthropophagus?. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Scientists have even found bones from members of the human lineage bearing tooth marks from this reptile, whose scientific name, Crocodylus anthropophagus, means 'man-eating crocodile.'. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-02-21] Reference
Lou Densmore, interim chairman of the Department of Biology, said Crocodylus anthropophagus appears to have dined on early human ancestors. From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
Crocodylus anthropophagus probably waited patiently for prey to come a little too close to the water's edge before snapping its huge jaws on its victims and sealing their doom. From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
I have been worried to know whether this was owing to some innate depravity of disposition on my part, some malignant torturing instinct, which, under different circumstances, might have made a Fijian anthropophagus of me, or to some law of thought for which I was not answerable. From Wordnik.com. [The Professor at the Breakfast-Table] Reference
C. anthropophagus show bite marks interpreted as coming from a crocodile, "Brochu said. From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
"I remember when Chris sent me the first draft, he said 'I think we should name it anthropophagus. From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
Crocodylus anthropophagus, means "man-eating crocodile.". From Wordnik.com. [Livescience.com] Reference
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