cynophagist

plural cynophagists

1. formalrareAn eater of dog meat; one who engages in cynophagia.

   Interviewed cynophagists would therefore not say that they eat dog flesh for its taste bur rather suggest other reasons (religion, medicine, etc.), more acceptable to the interviewer.

   2004, Linseele, Veerle, “Cultural identity and the consumption of dogs in western Africa”, in O'Day, Sharyn Jones, Van Neer, Wim, Ervynck, Anton, editors, Behaviour Behind Bones: The zooarchaeology of ritual, religion, status, and identity (Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Council of Archaeozoology), Oxbow Books, →ISBN, page 324

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   So closely are the Abors and Miris connected that the names of some of their tribes [...] are the same, but the Abor branch of Chimirr is said to be distinguished by the custom of eating dogs; in fact, they are cynophagists.

   1884, Mackenzie, Alexander, “Appendix J: Extracts From the Assam Census Report, 1881”, in History of the Relations of the Government with the Hill Tribes of the North-East Frontier of Bengal (Cambridge library Collection), Cambridge University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 544

   The natives are cynophagists and I was told that they rub the bruised fruit of the Barringtonia speciosa called "a vutun" on the closed eyes of recently born pups, to cause them to open, but I did not actually see this veterinary fear performed.

   August 1902, Willey, Arthur, "Contribution to the Natural History of the Pearly Nautilus", in Willey's Zoological Results. Part VI (Cambridge University Press.), page 703