cannibalism

can·ni·bal·ism

noun \-bə-ˌliz-əm\

Definition of CANNIBALISM

1

: the usually ritualistic eating of human flesh by a human being

2

: the eating of the flesh or the eggs of any animal by its own kind

3

: the pecking and tearing of the live flesh of its own members in a domestic poultry flock—compare pecking order

4

: oral sadism