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anthropophagus
anthropophagus [ ánthrə póffəgəss ] (plural anthropophagi [ ánthrə póffəjī ])


noun 
Definition:
 
cannibal: somebody who eats human flesh ( technical )

[Mid-16th century. < Latin< Greek anthrōpophagos 'eating humans' < anthrōpos 'human being']

anthropophagic [ ánthrəpə fájjik ] adjective
anthropophagous adjective
anthropophagy [ ánthrə póffəji ] noun
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