cannibal
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cannibal
- /ˈkænɪbəl/
Rhymes with -ænɪbəl
Where it comes from
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.
noun cannibals
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An organism which eats others of its own species or kind, especially a human who consumes human flesh.
These insects were not uncommon beneath stones. I found one cannibal scorpion quietly devouring another.
Similar: anthropophagus, man-eater
- Ellipsis of cannibal boat
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: anthropophagus, anthropophagite, man-eater, cannibalistic, anthropophaginian, cannibalism, maneating, sexual cannibalism, carnivore, zoophage, carnivory, maneater, meateater, scavenger, faunivore, carnivority
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noun an organism which eats others of its own species
| Español | caníbal |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 식인종 siginjong |
| 日本語 | 人食い人種 hitokui jinshu |
| 中文 | 食人者 shí rén zhě, 吃同類的生物 /吃同类的生物 chī tónglèi de shēngwù |
| हिन्दी | नरभक्षी narbhakṣī, नरभक्षक narbhakṣak, मानवभक्षी mānavbhakṣī, आदमखोर ādamkhor, आदमख़ोर ādamxor |
| Português | canibal |
| Français | cannibale |
| Deutsch | Kannibale, Kannibalin |
| Italiano | cannibale, antropofago |
| Ελληνικά | κανίβαλος kanívalos |
| Română | canibal, canibală |
| Русский | канниба́л kannibál, людое́д ljudojéd |
| العربية | غُول ḡūl, آكِلُ لُحُوم البَشْر ʔākilu luḥūm al-bašr |
| עברית | קָנִיבָּל kanibál |
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title = {cannibal},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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