cannibal.
An organism which eats others of its own species or kind, especially a human who consumes human flesh.
Meaning & usage
An organism which eats others of its own species or kind, especially a human who consumes human flesh.
Ellipsis of cannibal boat.
Where this word comes from
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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