Portland Weather Glossary. 1  mist â very fine rain, usually occurring overnight and in early morning. 2  drizzle â misty rain, usually occurring intermittently throughout the day. 3  shower â medium-intensity storm lasting anywhere from 20 minutes to a couple of hours.  rain â persistent precipitation that lasts a period of hours.
cannibal. n. 1. (Anthropology & Ethnology). a. a person who eats the flesh of other human beings. b. (as modifier): cannibal tribes.anâ¢niâ¢bal. 1. a person who eats human flesh, esp. for magical or religious purposes. 2. any animal that eats its own kind. 3. pertaining to or like a cannibal. 4. given to cannibalism.
This could be due to the fact that cannibals usually feed alone. Maybe this is why cannibalism is no longer common among people as it was in the past, because of the strong negative effects it can have when transmitting a disease, said ecologist Volker Rudolf at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville.