The Collaborative International 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.
Note: 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. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. A large tropical American snake, ''Boa constrictor'', that kills its prey by squeezing them
WordNet
n. very large boa of tropical America and West Indies [syn: Constrictor constrictor]
Wikipedia
Boa constrictor may refer to:
- Boa constrictor, a large South American constricting snake. This is both its scientific and common name.
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The boa constrictor (Boa constrictor), also called red-tailed boa, is a species of large, heavy-bodied snake. It is a member of the family Boidae found in North, Central, and South America, as well as some islands in the Caribbean. A staple of private collections and public displays, its color pattern is highly variable yet distinctive. Ten subspecies are currently recognized, although some of these are controversial. This article focuses on the species Boa constrictor as a whole, but also specifically on the nominate subspecies B. c. constrictor.
Usage examples of "boa constrictor".
A snake shaped like a boa constrictor, and about the size of a sea serpent, thrust its snout at Connely like a battering ram.
My Main Squeeze was the Happy Puppy Pet Emporium's boa constrictor.
He decided that it was the handsomest specimen of Bojdae he had ever seen, as well as the biggest- longer, he estimated, than any other boa constrictor in captivity.
He decided that it was the handsomest specimen of Bojdae he had ever seen, as well as the biggest - longer, he estimated, than any other boa constrictor in captivity.
Coiled up in a heap at the bottom was a green, red, and copper-colored boa constrictor.
In the six years since Shawn Curl had purchased the place from Leroy and Sheeba Barnwell, the once-exotic menagerie had shrunk to its current cheerless census of one emaciated lion, two balding llamas, three goats, a blind boa constrictor, and seventeen uncontrollably nasty raccoons.
Of course a boa constrictor can live on rodents, therefore they would leave the building or be eaten out of it gradually.