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cannibal

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈkænɪbəl/Part of speech nounSorted aabcilnnStarts with CEnds with L0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a person who eats human flesh

Word origin

Borrowed from Spanish caníbal, from Taíno caniba, the Taíno form recorded by Christopher Columbus for the Caribs, who were greatly feared. From an Arawak language, probably Taíno, and ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Doublet of Carib, caribe, Garifuna, Carijona, Kari'na, and Caribbean.

Used in a sentence

  • These insects were not uncommon beneath stones. I found one cannibal scorpion quietly devouring another.
  • Up the cave I went, and after me came the others, and after them thundered the whole crowd of cannibals, mad with fury at the death of the woman.
  • […] that the larvae of Thecla calanus is a cannibal, eating its weaker brethren when short of food.

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