Definition of "cannibal"

cannibal

/ˈkænɪbəl/

noun
plural cannibals
1. An organism which eats others of its own species or kind, especially a human who eats human flesh.
  Quotations
  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
  Up the cave I went, and after me came the others, and after them thundered the whole crowd of cannibals, mad with fury at the death of the woman.
  1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887
  [...] that the larvae of Thecla calanus is a cannibal, eating its weaker brethren when short of food.
  1908, James William Tutt, A natural history of the British Lepidoptera: a text-book for students and collectors, page 65
  His expression slack, Green Spider methodically pried out another clod and swallowed it. “I'm a cannibal. Eating the Earth Mother. Chewing the flesh from her bones. Cannibal ... cannibal ... cannibal!” Otter tried to shake off his discomfort, ...
  1995, Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear, People of the Lakes, Macmillan