adjective
definition
Tending toward cannibalism.
Examples of cannibalistic in a Sentence
In view of this, suggest one reason why cannibalistic larvae of tiger salamanders are still found.
In The Hills Have Eyes, horror rises to a new level as a simple, classic American family finds themselves at the hands of a cannibalistic tribe up to things most families can't even dream of.
It is tall and slender with wolf-like features and cannibalistic tendencies.
There are even records of an Anaphothrips, when cut off from its normal vegetable foodsupply, becoming cannibalistic and feeding on its own species.
As a commercial product spider-silk has been found to be equal, if not superior, to the best silk spun by lepidopterous larvae; but the cannibalistic propensities of spiders, making it impossible to keep more than one in a single receptacle, coupled with the difficulty of getting them to spin freely in a confined space, have hitherto prevented the silk being used on any extensive scale for textile fabrics.
In January of 1573, French hermit and cannibalistic serial murderer Gilles Garnier was convicted of being a werewolf and burned at the stake.