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cannibals

cannibals is the plural of cannibal.

Meaning of cannibal

Noun

cannibal (plural cannibals)

  1. An organism which eats others of its own species or kind, especially a human who consumes human flesh.
    • These insects were not uncommon beneath stones. I found one cannibal scorpion quietly devouring another.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

Phrases with cannibals

Questions about cannibals

What is cannibals the plural of?
Cannibals is the plural of cannibal.

Words near cannibals in the dictionary

  1. cannibalize
  2. cannibalized
  3. cannibalizes
  4. cannibalizing
  5. cannibally
  6. cannibals
  7. Cannie
  8. cannier
  9. canniest
  10. Canniff
  11. Canniffs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cannibals (page history and authors); cannibal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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