Complete Definition of "cannibal"

English

Etymology
From Sp. Canibalis, the name given by Christopher Columbus to the Caribs of Cuba and Haiti who allegedly ate human flesh.

Noun
en-noun

  1. An organism which eats others of its own species.

Related terms
cannibalise
cannibalism
cannibalistic

Translations

Czech: kanibal m, lidožrout m (eating humans), lidojed m (eating humans)
Dutch: kannibaal
Finnish: kannibaali
Friulan: canibal m
German: Kannibale {{m

Icelandic: mannæta f
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Ido: kanibalo
Italian: cannibale m
Polish: kanibal m, ludożerca m
Serbian: ljudojed m, ljudožder m

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