Phrase Hound found 53 phrases and 41 compound words that contain eater. The most common are listed below. Open eater in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 53
- bee-eaterAny of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster.
- man-eaterAn animal that attacks and kills humans for food, such as certain tigers or sharks; any animal that consumes human flesh.
- lotus eaterAlternative form of lotus-eater.
- European bee-eaterMerops apiaster, a Mediterranean species of bee-eater.
- fire-eaterA performer who pretends to swallow fire.
- picky eaterA person who is highly selective in what they do eat and what they do not eat. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- crayon eaterAn unintelligent or mentally disabled person.
- grass-eaterAn organism notable for eating grass
- green bee-eaterMerops orientalis, a species of bee-eater found in North Africa and the Middle East.
- cake-eaterA well-off person who indulges himself or herself; a playboy or playgirl.
- competitive eaterA person who participates in competitive eating.
- blue-cheeked bee-eaterMerops persicus, a species of bee-eater found in North Africa and the Middle East.
- flying purple people eaterA fanciful monster.
- rufous-crowned bee-eaterMerops americanus, a species of bee-eater endemic to the Phillipines.
- fruit-eaterOne who eats fruit
- rice-eaterOne whose diet uses rice as a staple, as opposed to wheat or some other grain.
- sin eaterA person (usually a man) who is supposed to take sins of a deceased person upon himself by eating a piece of bread or other food laid on or passed across the breast of the corpse.
- time eaterAn activity or event that is very time-consuming and usually a waste of time.
- useless eaterIn the ideology of Nazi Germany, a person with a serious medical problem or disability, seen as requiring assistance from society but offering nothing in return.
- beaver eaterA wolverine.
- cheese eaterA rat; an informer who betrays colleagues.
- smoke eaterA firefighter.
- ant-eaterAlternative form of anteater: Any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and …
- clay eaterA person from the countryside of poor education and low economic status.
- egg-eaterAny of various snakes of the genus Dasypeltis, which feed exclusively on eggs.
Compound words 41
- anteaterAny of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and lesser anteater (also known as …
- honeyeaterAny of the many Australasian birds of the family Meliphagidae, which have a tongue adapted for obtaining nectar from flowers.
- seedeaterAn individual or species which eats seeds.
- BeefeaterA Yeoman Warder
- meateaterA person who eats meat.
- weedeaterA string trimmer.
- crabeaterA cobia or sergeant fish (Rachycentron canadum).
- croweaterA person from South Australia.
- grasseaterA white person, especially an Irishman.
- leafeaterAny organism that consumes leaves.