"cynophagists" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1884, Mackenzie, Alexander, “Appendix J: Extracts From the Assam Census Report, 1881”, in History of the Relations of the Government with the Hill Tribes of the North-East Frontier of Bengal (Cambridge library Collection), Cambridge University Press, published 2012, page 544",
          "text": "So closely are the Abors and Miris connected that the names of some of their tribes [...] are the same, but the Abor branch of Chimirr is said to be distinguished by the custom of eating dogs; in fact, they are cynophagists.",
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          "ref": "August 1902, Willey, Arthur, \"Contribution to the Natural History of the Pearly Nautilus\", in Willey's Zoological Results. Part VI (Cambridge University Press.), page 703",
          "text": "The natives are cynophagists and I was told that they rub the bruised fruit of the Barringtonia speciosa called \"a vutun\" on the closed eyes of recently born pups, to cause them to open, but I did not actually see this veterinary fear performed."
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          "ref": "2004, Linseele, Veerle, “Cultural identity and the consumption of dogs in western Africa”, in O'Day, Sharyn Jones, Van Neer, Wim, Ervynck, Anton, editors, Behaviour Behind Bones: The zooarchaeology of ritual, religion, status, and identity (Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Council of Archaeozoology), Oxbow Books, page 324",
          "text": "Interviewed cynophagists would therefore not say that they eat dog flesh for its taste bur rather suggest other reasons (religion, medicine, etc.), more acceptable to the interviewer.",
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