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Cannibal

//ˈkænɪbəl// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    An organism which eats others of its own or similar species or kind, especially a human or other human-like creature such as a zombie who consumes human flesh.

    "These insects were not uncommon beneath stones. I found one cannibal scorpion quietly devouring another."

  2. 2
    a person who eats human flesh wordnet
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of cannibal boat. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, obsolete, slang

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Cariban *kariponader. Spanish caribeder. Spanish caríbalder. Spanish caníbalbor. English cannibal Borrowed from Spanish caníbal, from Taíno caniba, the Taíno form recorded by Christopher Columbus for the Caribs, who were greatly feared. From an Arawak language, probably Taíno, and ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Doublet of Carib, caribe, Garifuna, Carijona, Kari'na, and Caribbean.

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