"cannibal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkænɪbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cannibal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cannibals [plural]
Rhymes: -ænɪbəl Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish caníbal, from Taíno caniba, the Taíno form recorded by Christopher Columbus for the Caribs, who were greatly feared. From an Arawakan language, probably Taíno, and ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Doublet of Carib, caribe, Garifuna, Carijona, and Kari'na. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|caníbal}} Spanish caníbal, {{der|en|tnq|caniba}} Taíno caniba, {{der|en|awd|-}} Arawakan, {{der|en|tnq|-}} Taíno, {{der|en|sai-car-pro|*karipona||person}} Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”), {{doublet|en|Carib|caribe|Garifuna|Carijona|Kari'na}} Doublet of Carib, caribe, Garifuna, Carijona, and Kari'na Head templates: {{en-noun}} cannibal (plural cannibals)
  1. An organism which eats others of its own species or kind, especially a human who eats human flesh. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: man-eater, anthropophagus Derived forms: cannibalise, cannibalism, cannibalistic, cannibal sandwich, missionaries and cannibals problem Translations (an organism which eats others of its own species): njeringrënës [masculine] (Albanian), njeringrënëse [feminine] (Albanian), ἀνθρωποφάγος (anthrōpophágos) (Ancient Greek), غُول (ḡūl) [masculine] (Arabic), آكِلُ لُحُوم البَشْر (ʔākilu luḥūm al-bašr) [masculine] (Arabic), մարդակեր (mardaker) (english: eating humans) (Armenian), каніба́л (kanibál) [masculine] (Belarusian), людажэ́рца (ljudažérca) [masculine] (Belarusian), людае́д (ljudajéd) [masculine] (Belarusian), রাক্ষস (rakkhoś) (Bengali), каниба́л (kanibál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), caníbal [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), خۆخۆر (xoxor) (Central Kurdish), 食人者 (shí rén zhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 吃同類的生物 (Chinese Mandarin), 吃同类的生物 (chī tónglèi de shēngwù) (Chinese Mandarin), kanibal [masculine] (Czech), lidožrout (english: eating humans) [masculine] (Czech), lidojed (english: eating humans) [masculine] (Czech), kannibal [common-gender] (Danish), މިނިކާ (minikā) (Dhivehi), kannibaal (Dutch), kanibalo [feminine, masculine] (Esperanto), kanibaliĉo [masculine] (Esperanto), kanibalino [feminine] (Esperanto), samspecimanĝulo (Esperanto), antropofago (Esperanto), kannibal (Estonian), kannibaali (Finnish), ihmissyöjä (Finnish), cannibale [feminine, masculine] (French), canibal [masculine] (Friulian), caníbal [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Kannibale [masculine] (German), Kannibalin [feminine] (German), κανίβαλος (kanívalos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), inuttuumasoq (Greenlandic), קָנִיבָּל (kanibál) [masculine] (Hebrew), आदमखोर (ādamkhor) [masculine] (Hindi), आदमख़ोर (ādamxor) [masculine] (Hindi), मानवभक्षी (mānavbhakṣī) [masculine] (Hindi), नरभक्षी (narbhakṣī) [masculine] (Hindi), kannibál (Hungarian), mannæta (english: human cannibal) [feminine] (Icelandic), kanibalo [feminine, masculine] (Ido), kanibalulo [masculine] (Ido), kanibalino [feminine] (Ido), kanibal (Indonesian), هَمْگون خوار (hamgun xâr) (Iranian Persian), آدَمْخوار (âdamxâr) (Iranian Persian), canablach [masculine] (Irish), cannibale [feminine, masculine] (Italian), antropofago [masculine] (Italian), 人食い人種 (hitokui jinshu) (Japanese), 식인종 (siginjong) (alt: 食人種) (Korean), anthrōpophagus (english: eating humans) [masculine] (Latin), канибал (kanibal) [masculine] (Macedonian), kanibal (Malay), canniblagh [masculine] (Manx), kaitangata (Maori), cannibale [feminine, masculine] (Norman), kannibal [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kannibal [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), selfǣta [masculine] (Old English), antropofag [masculine] (Polish), kanibal [literary, masculine] (Polish), ludojad [masculine] (Polish), ludożerca [masculine] (Polish), canibal (Portuguese), canibal [masculine] (Romanian), canibală [feminine] (Romanian), канниба́л (kannibál) [masculine] (Russian), людое́д (ljudojéd) [masculine] (Russian), људо̀ждер [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ка̀нибал [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ljudòžder [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kànibal [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), caníbal [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), kannibal [common-gender] (Swedish), kaing-kapuwa (Tagalog), మానవాశనుడు (mānavāśanuḍu) (Telugu), yamyam (Turkish), каніба́л (kanibál) [masculine] (Ukrainian), людоже́р (ljudožér) [masculine] (Ukrainian), людої́д (ljudojíd) [masculine] (Ukrainian), آدَمْ خور (ādam xor) [masculine] (Urdu), kaniban [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hikaniban [masculine] (Volapük), jikaniban [feminine] (Volapük)

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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "word": "ihmissyöjä"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cannibale"
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          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kanívalos",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "anthrōpophágos",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "word": "ἀνθρωποφάγος"
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          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "word": "inuttuumasoq"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kanibál",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "קָנִיבָּל"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ādamkhor",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "आदमखोर"
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        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ādamxor",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "आदमख़ोर"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mānavbhakṣī",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "मानवभक्षी"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "narbhakṣī",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "नरभक्षी"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "word": "kannibál"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "english": "human cannibal",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mannæta"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "kanibalo"
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        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
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        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
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        },
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          "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"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "word": "식인종"
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          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "xoxor",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "word": "خۆخۆر"
        },
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          "english": "eating humans",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "kanibal",
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          "tags": [
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          "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": [
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          "word": "canniblagh"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "word": "kaitangata"
        },
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cannibale"
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          "code": "nb",
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          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
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          "word": "kannibal"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "selfǣta"
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          "code": "fa-ira",
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          "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"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
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            "masculine"
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        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
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        },
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          "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"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
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        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
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            "masculine"
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        },
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
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            "Roman",
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          ],
          "word": "kànibal"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "code": "sv",
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        },
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          "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"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "word": "yamyam"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kanibál",
          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "каніба́л"
        },
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          "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",
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            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "vo",
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          "code": "vo",
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          "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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      "word": "cannibalism"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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      "word": "man-eater"
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      "word": "anthropophagus"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "njeringrënës"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "njeringrënëse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡūl",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "غُول"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔākilu luḥūm al-bašr",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "آكِلُ لُحُوم البَشْر"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "english": "eating humans",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mardaker",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "մարդակեր"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kanibál",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "каніба́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ljudažérca",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "людажэ́рца"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ljudajéd",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "людае́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "rakkhoś",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "রাক্ষস"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kanibál",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "каниба́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caníbal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shí rén zhě",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "食人者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "吃同類的生物"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chī tónglèi de shēngwù",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "吃同类的生物"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kanibal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "english": "eating humans",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lidožrout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "english": "eating humans",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
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      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "minikā",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "މިނިކާ"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "kannibaal"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kanibalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kanibaliĉo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "samspecimanĝulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "antropofago"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "kannibal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "kannibaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "ihmissyöjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cannibale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "canibal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caníbal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kannibale"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kannibalin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kanívalos",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κανίβαλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anthrōpophágos",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "ἀνθρωποφάγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "inuttuumasoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kanibál",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קָנִיבָּל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ādamkhor",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "आदमखोर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ādamxor",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "आदमख़ोर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mānavbhakṣī",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मानवभक्षी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "narbhakṣī",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "नरभक्षी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "word": "kannibál"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "english": "human cannibal",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mannæta"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kanibalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "an organism which eats others of its own species",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kanibalulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "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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