Cannibal

  • 91cannibal — noun Etymology: New Latin Canibalis Carib, from Spanish Caníbal, from Taino Caniba, of Cariban origin; akin to Carib kariʔna Carib, person Date: 1553 one that eats the flesh of its own kind …

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  • 92cannibal — noun An organism which eats others of its own species. See Also: cannibalise, cannibalism, cannibalistic …

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  • 93cannibal — Synonyms and related words: Brillat Savarin, Cain, Lucullus, amphibian, animal, anthropophagite, apache, aquatic, assassin, assassinator, barbarian, beast, biped, bloodletter, bloodshedder, board and roomer, boarder, bon vivant, bravo, brute,… …

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  • 94cannibal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. man eater, savage, anthropophagus. See evildoer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. man eater, headhunter, savage, native, primitive, aborigine, eater of one s own kind, ogre, ogress, anthropophagus,… …

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  • 95cannibal — can|ni|bal [ˈkænıbəl] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Spanish; Origin: Canibal member of the Carib people of the West Indies, who were said to eat human flesh , from Arawakan Caniba, Carib; CARIB] 1.) a person who eats human flesh 2.) an animal that eats… …

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  • 96cannibal — can|ni|bal [ kænıbl ] noun count 1. ) someone who eats human flesh 2. ) an animal that eats other animals of its own type …

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  • 97cannibal — can·ni·bal || kænɪbl n. human being that eats human flesh, any animal that eats its own kind …

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  • 98cannibal — noun a person who eats the flesh of other human beings. ↘an animal that eats the flesh of its own species. Derivatives cannibalism noun cannibalistic adjective cannibalistically adverb Origin C16: from Sp. Canibales, var. of Caribes, a West… …

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  • 99cannibal — noun overblown tales of savage cannibals Syn: man eater, people eater; rare anthropophagite, anthropophagist …

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  • 100cannibal — n man eater, anthropophagite; ogre, ogress, monster, fiend, barbarian, wild man …

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