jiboya

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jiboya

Rhymes with -ɔɪ.ə

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Borrowed from Portuguese jiboia, borrowed from Old Tupi îyboîa, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jɨβoj.

noun jiboyas · giboia · giboya · jeboya · jiboia

  1. uncommon The boa constrictor. […] the largest animal of this kind, which has been brought into Europe, is but thirty-six feet long : the most usual length however of the jiboya is about twenty feet, and the thickness in proportion.

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@misc{jiboya_2026,
  title = {jiboya},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jiboya},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}