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boa constrictor
noun
- a snake, Constrictor ( Boa ) constrictor, of tropical America, noted for its large size and its ability to suffocate a prey by coiling around it.
- any large snake of the boa family, as the python or anaconda.
boa constrictor
noun
- a very large snake, Constrictor constrictor , of tropical America and the Caribbean, that kills its prey by constriction: family Boidae (boas)
Word History and Origins
Origin of boa constrictor1
Example Sentences
We usually can find saltwater-crocodile nesting sites, boa constrictors, scorpions and tarantulas.
It was used to help pull a boa constrictor from pipes on the underside of a bus.
Firefighters in Montgomery County battled two house fires early Tuesday, including one in which two dogs were rescued, a large boa constrictor was kept safe in a cage and a missing cat was found after a search.
Dorian had a unique talent for striking glamorous and artistic attitudes while clutching a live boa constrictor.
Mack, according to reports, used his winnings to fill his home with Rottweilers, tarantulas, and a boa constrictor.
He was as successful as he was brave, and he had the great good luck to meet a tiger, a young hippopotamus, and a boa constrictor.
Anaconda, an-a-kon′da, n. a large South American water-snake of the Python family, closely related to the boa-constrictor.
Coiled around him like a large boa-constrictor, reaching to his very throat,——But I sicken as I write!
Whenever one of the savages made a jab at Mr. Gibney, Mr. Gibney gave the king a boa-constrictor squeeze, and the monarch howled.
He seemed to be carried on the back of a galloping boa constrictor with a couple of others streaking away under his armpits.
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