cannibal

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An organism which eats others of its own or similar species or kind, especially a human or other human-like creature such as a zombie who consumes human flesh.
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, obsolete, slang) Ellipsis of cannibal boat.

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/ˈkænɪbəl/

Borrowed from Spanish caníbal, from Taíno caniba, the Taíno form recorded by Christopher Columbus for the Caribs, who were greatly feared. From an Arawak language, probably Taíno, and ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Doublet of Carib, caribe, Garifuna, Carijona, Kari'na, and Caribbean.