autocannibalism

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autocannibalism

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uncountable The eating of part of one's own body. god damn it babies, you've got to involuntarily practice some degree of autocannibalism - alt text for Dinosaur Comics, February 15, 2012, http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2144
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noun the act of eating oneself

Português	autocanibalismo
Deutsch	Autokannibalismus
Ελληνικά	αυτοκανιβαλισμός aftokanivalismós
Русский	автоканнибали́зм avtokannibalízm, самопоеда́ние samopojedánije

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@misc{autocannibalism_2026,
  title = {autocannibalism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/autocannibalism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}