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cannibalistic

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can·ni·bal  (kn-bl)
n.
1. A person who eats the flesh of other humans.
2. An animal that feeds on others of its own kind.
[From Spanish Caníbalis, name (as recorded by Christopher Columbus) of the allegedly cannibalistic Caribs of Cuba and Haiti, from earlier Carib karibna, person, Carib.]
canni·bal·ism n.
canni·bal·istic adj.
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Adj.1.cannibalistic - characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism; "cannibalistic behavior"


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