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Boa constrictor

Boa constrictor Meaning & Definition
Boa constrictor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Boa constrictor?

[n] very large boa of tropical America and West Indies

Synonyms | Synonyms for Boa constrictor: Constrictor constrictor

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Boa constrictor In Webster's Dictionary

\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. 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.

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