cannibal
noun /ˈkænɪbl/
/ˈkænɪbl/
- a person who eats other people
食人肉者 - a tribe of cannibals
食人部落
- a tribe of cannibals
- an animal that eats other animals of the same kind
同类相食的动物
词源mid 16th cent.: from Spanish Canibales (plural), variant (recorded by Columbus) of Caribes, the name of a West Indian people reputed to eat humans.