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anthropophagus noun [ ˌanθrəˈpɒfəɡəs ]

• (especially in legends or fables) a cannibal.
Origin: mid 16th century: Latin, from Greek anthrōpophagos ‘man-eating’, from anthrōpos ‘human being’ + -phagos (see -phagous).

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