flesh-eating
- s (of animals) carnivorous
- Severe invasive group a streptococcus is the official scientific name, but labels like "deadly flesh-eating bacteria" can be too deliciously terrifying to resist.
- What do jock itch, poison gas and flesh-eating bacteria have in common? Gregory Schultz, 56, thinks he has the answer.
- This is not bird flu or SARS or even the "flesh-eating bacteria" of tabloid fame.