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constrictor

DEFINITIONS OF: constrictor

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n any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils

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boa
any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs
Constrictor constrictor, boa constrictor
very large boa of tropical America and West Indies
Charina bottae, rubber boa, tow-headed snake
boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America; looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape
Lichanura trivirgata, rosy boa
boa of rocky desert of southwestern United States
Eunectes murinus, anaconda
large arboreal boa of tropical South America
python
large Old World boas
Type of:
ophidian, serpent, snake
limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
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