boa constrictor

boa constrictor
A large tropical American snake, Boa constrictor, that kills its prey by squeezing them

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  • Boa constrictor — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

  • Boa Constrictor — Boa constrictor …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Boa constrictor — Boa constrictor …   Wikipédia en Français

  • boa constrictor — n. a large tropical American boa (Boa constrictor), pale brown with dark crosswise bars …   English World dictionary

  • Boa constrictor — Bo a con*strict or [NL. See {Boa}, and {Constrictor}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster] Note: It has a succession of spots, alternately …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • boa constrictor — boa constrictors N COUNT A boa constrictor is a large snake that kills animals by wrapping itself round their bodies and squeezing them to death. Boa constrictors are found mainly in South and Central America and the West Indies …   English dictionary

  • Boa constrictor — Boa constric …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Boa constrictor — Abgottschlange Abgottschlange (Boa constrictor) Systematik Unterordnung: Schlangen (Serpentes) Überfamilie …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Boa constrictor —   Boa constrictor …   Wikipedia Español

  • boa constrictor — noun very large boa of tropical America and West Indies (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑Constrictor constrictor • Hypernyms: ↑boa * * * noun, pl ⋯ tors [count] : a large brown snake that crushes the animals it eats by squeezing them with its body and that… …   Useful english dictionary

  • boa constrictor — noun Date: 1809 a tropical American boa (Boa constrictor syn. Constrictor constrictor) that is light brown barred or mottled with darker brown and reaches a length of 10 feet (3 meters) or more; broadly boa 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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