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cannibal

can·ni·bal [ kánnib'l ] (plural can·ni·bals)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. eater of human flesh: somebody who eats human flesh

2. animal that eats its own species: an animal that eats the flesh of other animals of the same species

[Mid-16th century. < Spanish Canibales, variant of Caribes< Arawak carib, the Carib people]

can·ni·bal·ism noun
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