cannibal
/ˈkænɪbəl/noun
1- a person who eats the flesh of other human beings食人者：
as modifier cannibal tribes.食人者的部落。
1.1
- an animal that feeds on flesh of its own species同类相食的动物, 吃同类的动物。
派生词
cannibalism
nouncannibalistic
adjectivecannibalistically
adverb词源
mid 16th cent.: from Spanish Canibales (plural)， variant (recorded by Columbus) of Caribes, the name of a West Indian people reputed to eat humans （see CARIB）.