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Anthropophagic

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an·thro·poph·a·gus  (nthr-pf-gs)
n. pl. an·thro·poph·a·gi (-j)
A person who eats human flesh; a cannibal.

[Latin anthrpophagus, from Greek anthrpophagos, man-eating : anthrpo-, anthropo- + -phagos, -phagous.]

anthro·po·phagic (-p-fjk), anthro·popha·gous (-pf-gs) adj.
anthro·popha·gy (-j) n.


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