constrictor

Definitions of constrictor
  1. noun
    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
    boa
    very large boa of tropical America and West Indies
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