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CULTRIVOROUS

\kʌltɹˈɪvəɹəs], \kʌltɹˈɪvəɹəs], \k_ʌ_l_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_v_ə_ɹ_ə_s]\

Definitions of CULTRIVOROUS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; -- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Cultrivorus, from culter, a knife, and vorare, to devour. Individuals, who have seemed to swallow knives with impunity, have been so called; - Knife-eaters.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

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