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"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:",
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"ref": "1995, Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear, People of the Lakes, Macmillan, →ISBN:",
"text": "His expression slack, Green Spider methodically pried out another clod and swallowed it. “I'm a cannibal. Eating the Earth Mother. Chewing the flesh from her bones. Cannibal ... cannibal ... cannibal!” Otter tried to shake off his discomfort, ...",
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"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kanibalino"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"word": "kanibal"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "canablach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cannibale"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "antropofago"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hitokui jinshu",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"word": "人食い人種"
},
{
"alt": "食人種",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "siginjong",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"word": "식인종"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "xoxor",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"word": "خۆخۆر"
},
{
"code": "la",
"english": "eating humans",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anthrōpophagus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kanibal",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "канибал"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"word": "kanibal"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "canniblagh"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"word": "kaitangata"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cannibale"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kannibal"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kannibal"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "selfǣta"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "hamgun xâr",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"word": "هَمْگون خوار"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "âdamxâr",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"word": "آدَمْخوار"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "antropofag"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"literary",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kanibal"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ludojad"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ludożerca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"word": "canibal"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "canibal"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "canibală"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kannibál",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "канниба́л"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ljudojéd",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "людое́д"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "људо̀ждер"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ка̀нибал"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ljudòžder"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kànibal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "caníbal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kannibal"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"word": "kaing-kapuwa"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "mānavāśanuḍu",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"word": "మానవాశనుడు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"word": "yamyam"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kanibál",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "каніба́л"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ljudožér",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "людоже́р"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ljudojíd",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "людої́д"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ādam xor",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "آدَمْ خور"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kaniban"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hikaniban"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jikaniban"
}
],
"word": "cannibal"
}
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