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Definition of Boa constrictor

1. Noun. Very large boa of tropical America and West Indies.

Definition of Boa constrictor

1. Noun. A large tropical American snake, ''Boa constrictor'', that kills its prey by squeezing them ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Boa constrictor

1. A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. 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. Origin: NL. See Boa, and Constrictor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boa Constrictor

Literary usage of Boa constrictor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghoṣa (1921)
"The thief asks the treasurer for pardon. The ghost in the form of a boa-constrictor was none other than this thief. 7. ..."

2. Twenty Years in the Philippines [1819-1839] by Paul Proust de La Gironiere (1854)
"... Boa-Constrictor on a Wild Boar— We Kill and Skin it—Unsuccessful Attempt to capture a Boa-Constrictor alive—A Man Devoured—Dangerous Venomous Reptiles. ..."

3. The Illustrated Magazine of Art (1854)
"The boa belongs to the order Ophidia, The boa constrictor proper is said not to be found where the tiger is common ; and recent travellers assert, ..."

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