"long pig" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-long pig.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Allegedly a calque of Fijian vuaka balavu. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fj|vuaka balavu}} Fijian vuaka balavu Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} long pig (uncountable)
  1. (euphemistic) Human flesh used by cannibals as meat. Tags: euphemistic, uncountable Categories (topical): Meats Synonyms: humanflesh, long pork, man-meat, the other white meat (english: horror), longpig, long-pig Translations (Human flesh as consumed by cannibals): 人肉 (rénròu) (Chinese), lang gris [common-gender] (Danish), homaĵo (Esperanto), pitkä sika [rare] (Finnish), Langschwein [neuter] (German), 人肉 (jinniku) (alt: じんにく) (Japanese), långgris [common-gender] (Swedish)

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