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Word: Cannibal
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Spanish Canibales (plural), variant (recorded by Columbus) of Caribes, the name of a West Indian people reputed to eat humans (see Carib)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkanɪbl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person who eats the flesh of other human beings
Short Definition:person who eats flesh of other human beings
Examples:- cannibal tribes
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