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[edit] Etymology
From Spanish Cannibalis, from Caniba, the Taíno form recorded by Christopher Columbus for the Caribs, who were greatly feared.
cannibal (plural cannibals)
- An organism which eats others of its own species.
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[edit] Translations
an organism which eats others of its own species
- Arabic: غول (ar) (ğūl) f.
- Chinese: 食人者 (shí rén zhě); 吃同类的生物 (chī tóng lèi de shēngwù)
- Croatian: ljudòžder (hr) m., kànibal (hr) m.
- Czech: kanibal m., lidožrout m. (eating humans), lidojed m. (eating humans)
- Dutch: kannibaal (nl)
- Esperanto: (male or female) kanibalo (eo), (male) virkanibalo (eo), (female) kanibalino (eo)
- Finnish: kannibaali (fi), ihmissyöjä (fi)
- French: cannibale (fr) m. and f.
- Friulian: canibal m.
- German: (male) Kannibale (de) m., (female) Kannibalin (de) f.
- Greek: κανίβαλος (el) (kanívalos) m., ανθρωποφάγος (el) (anthropofágos) m. (human eater)
- Hungarian: kannibál (hu)
- Icelandic: (human cannibal) mannæta (is) f.
- Ido: (male or female) kanibalo (io), (male) kanibalulo (io), (female) kanibalino (io)
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