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Cannibal
Cannibal Can"ni*bal, n. [Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Hayti lived in great fear of the Caribales (equivalent to E. Caribbees.), the inhabitants of the smaller Antilles; which form of the name was afterward changed into NL. Canibales, in order to express more forcibly their character by a word intelligible through a Latin root ``propter rabiem caninam anthropophagorum gentis.' The Caribbees call themselves, in their own language. Calinago, Carinago, Calliponam, and, abbreviated, Calina, signifying a brave, from which Columbus formed his Caribales.] A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind. --Darwin.
Cannibal
Cannibal Can"ni*bal, a. Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. ``Cannibal terror.' --Burke.

Meaning of Cannibals from wikipedia

- than non-cannibals. An increase of size and growth would give them the added benefit of protection from potential predators such as other cannibals and give...
- the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart "Fine Young Cannibals". Discogs. Nimmervoll, Ed (n.d.). "Fine Young Cannibals: Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved...
- 1603 translation by John Florio Of Cannibals; 1685 translation by Charles Cotton Michel de Montaigne On the Cannibals; 2017 translation by Ian Johnston...
- and cannibals problem, and the closely related jealous husbands problem, are classic river-crossing logic puzzles. The missionaries and cannibals problem...
- Montaigne, Michel de (1595). "On Cannibals". Essays. Book 1, ch. 30. Ginzburg, Carlo (2012). "Montaigne, Cannibals, and Grottoes". Threads and Traces:...
- non-cannibals around them. Writing from Melanesia, the missionary George Brown explicitly rejects the European prejudice of picturing cannibals as "particularly...
- Cannibals (1970 film), originally I cannibali, an Italian drama The Cannibals (1988 film) (originally Os Canibais), a Portuguese drama The Cannibal (DeMille...
- civilization by comparing Western society to that of the cannibals. David Carter says: "Cannibal Holocaust is not merely focused on the societal taboo of...
- the Longview Cannibals today." The name stuck, and from that day forward the Longview Baseball Club would be known as the Longview Cannibals. They were...
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