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Cannibalism
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Cannibalism
The eating of the flesh of one human by another

cannibalism
the eating of flesh of living members of the same or similar species. It is common only in pigs and chickens and is due partly to boredom because of the confined space in which the animals are kept. See also infantophagia.


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