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cannibal(dictionary)

cannibal (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Spanish; Origin: Canibal 'member of the Carib people of the West Indies, who were said to eat human flesh', from Arawakan Caniba, Carib; CARIB]
a person who eats human flesh
an animal that eats the flesh of other animals of the same kind
-- cannibalism n [U]
-- cannibalistic /7kAnZbE5lIstIk/ adj