cannibal

can·ni·bal

C0069700 (kăn′ə-bəl)n.1. A person who eats the flesh of other humans.2. An animal that feeds on others of its own kind.

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[From Spanish Caníbalis, name (as recorded by Christopher Columbus) of the allegedly cannibalistic Caribs of Cuba and Haiti, from earlier Carib karibna, person, Carib.]

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can′ni·bal·ism n.can′ni·bal·is′tic adj.

cannibal

(ˈkænɪbəl) n1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a. a person who eats the flesh of other human beingsb. (as modifier): cannibal tribes. 2. an animal that feeds on the flesh of others of its kind[C16: from Spanish Canibales, name used by Columbus to designate the Caribs of Cuba and Haiti, from Arawak caniba, variant of Carib]

can•ni•bal

(ˈkæn ə bəl)

n. 1. a person who eats human flesh, esp. for magical or religious purposes. 2. any animal that eats its own kind. adj. 3. pertaining to or like a cannibal. 4. given to cannibalism. [1545–55; < Sp caníbal, variant of caríbal <canib-, carib- (< Arawak)] can′ni•bal•ly, adv.

cannibal

- When Columbus was trying to find the Spice Islands, he was told of a tribe of man-eating natives in Cuba and Haiti called Caribs (from which we get Caribbean) or Caniba (Columbus' rendition of the name); the word canib, meaning "brave and fierce," became cannibal, meaning "anthropophagite," a person who eats human flesh.See also related terms for tribe.

Thesaurus

Noun

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cannibal - a person who eats human flesh anthropophagite, anthropophagus, man-eaterbarbarian, savage - a member of an uncivilized people

Translations

吃人的人吃同类动物的动物

cannibal

(ˈkӕnibəl) noun1. a person who eats human flesh. 食人的人 吃人的人2. an animal etc which eats others of its own species. 吃同類動物的動物 吃同类动物的动物ˈcannibalism noun 吃人肉的習性 吃人肉的习性ˌcannibaˈlistic adjective 吃人肉的 吃人肉的