boa constrictor
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boa constrictor
- /ˈboʊə kənˌstɹɪktɚ/ US
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Unadapted borrowing from taxonomic name Boa constrictor.
noun boa constrictors
- A large tropical American snake, Boa constrictor, that kills its prey by squeezing them. After him followed a blesbok, then an impala, then a koodoo, then more goats, and many other animals, including a girl sewn up in the shining scaly hide of a boa-constrictor, several yards of which trailed along the ground behind her.
- Any large boa or python. We found boa constrictors or pythons, whip snakes, the handsome but deadly tiger snake, so called from the peculiar marks on its skin[.]
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noun snake
| Español | boa constrictora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 왕뱀 wangbaem |
| 日本語 | ボアコン boakon |
| 中文 | 蟒蛇 mǎngshé, 大蟒 dàmǎng |
| Português | jiboia, jiboia-constritora |
| Français | boa constricteur |
| Deutsch | Abgottschlange |
| Română | șarpe boa |
| Русский | уда́в udáv |
| עברית | נָחָשׁ בָּרִיחַ naḥásh baríaḥ |
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title = {boa constrictor},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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