anthropophagus

(ăn'thrə-pŏf'ə-gəs')
n., pl., -gi (-jī').
A person who eats human flesh; a cannibal.

[Latin anthrōpophagus, from Greek anthrōpophagos, man-eating : anthrōpo-, anthropo- + -phagos, -phagous.]

anthropophagic an'thro·po·phag'ic (-pə-făj'ĭk) or an'thro·poph'a·gous (-pŏf'ə-gəs) adj.
anthropophagy an'thro·poph'a·gy (-jē) n.

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• Kinship, Marriage, and Other Customs - anthropophagy: cannibalism

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