An organism which eats others of its own species or kind, especially a human who eats human flesh.
1845, Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World, page 204:
These insects were not uncommon beneath stones. I found one cannibal scorpion quietly devouring another.
1908, James William Tutt, A natural history of the British Lepidoptera: a text-book for students and collectors, page 65:
[...] that the larvae of Thecla calanus is a cannibal, eating its weaker brethren when short of food.
1995, Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear, People of the Lakes, Macmillan (→ISBN):
His expression slack, Green Spider methodically pried out another clod and swallowed it. “I'm a cannibal. Eating the Earth Mother. Chewing the flesh from her bones. Cannibal ... cannibal ... cannibal!” Otter tried to shake off his discomfort, ...
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