Boa constrictor

Boa constrictor: Boa constrictor Bo"a con*strict"or [NL. See {Boa}, and {Constrictor}.] (Zo["o]l.) A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster]
Note: It has a succession of spots, alternately black and yellow, extending along the back. It kills its prey by constriction. The name is also loosely applied to other large serpents which crush their prey, particularly to those of the genus {Python}, found in Asia and Africa. [1913 Webster] ||

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Boa constrictor — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
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boa constrictor — n. a large tropical American boa (Boa constrictor), pale brown with dark crosswise bars … English World dictionary
boa constrictor — boa constrictors N COUNT A boa constrictor is a large snake that kills animals by wrapping itself round their bodies and squeezing them to death. Boa constrictors are found mainly in South and Central America and the West Indies … English dictionary
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Boa constrictor — Abgottschlange Abgottschlange (Boa constrictor) Systematik Unterordnung: Schlangen (Serpentes) Überfamilie … Deutsch Wikipedia
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boa constrictor — noun very large boa of tropical America and West Indies (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑Constrictor constrictor • Hypernyms: ↑boa * * * noun, pl ⋯ tors [count] : a large brown snake that crushes the animals it eats by squeezing them with its body and that… … Useful english dictionary
boa constrictor — noun Date: 1809 a tropical American boa (Boa constrictor syn. Constrictor constrictor) that is light brown barred or mottled with darker brown and reaches a length of 10 feet (3 meters) or more; broadly boa 1 … New Collegiate Dictionary

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