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cynophagists

cynophagists is the plural of cynophagist.

Meaning of cynophagist

Noun

cynophagist (plural cynophagists)

  1. (formal, rare) An eater of dog meat; one who engages in cynophagia.
    • So closely are the Abors and Miris connected that the names of some of their tribes [...] are the same, but the Abor branch of Chimirr is said to be distinguished by the custom of eating dogs; in fact, they are cynophagists.1884, Mackenzie, Alexander, “Appendix J: Extracts From the Assam Census Report, 1881”, in History of the Relations of the Government with the Hill Tribes of the North-East Frontier of Bengal...

Questions about cynophagists

What is cynophagists the plural of?
Cynophagists is the plural of cynophagist.

Words near cynophagists in the dictionary

  1. cynomorphs
  2. Cynon
  3. cynophagia
  4. cynophagic
  5. cynophagist
  6. cynophagists
  7. cynophile
  8. cynophiles
  9. cynophilia
  10. cynophilic
  11. cynophilist

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