Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico.

    Boa

    бо́аbóa, уда́вudáv

    уда́вudáv

  2. A type of long scarf; typically made from synthetic or real feathers (or occasionally fur), and usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck.

    горже́ткаgoržétka, бо́аbóa

    a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur

Examples

7 sentences
  1. The monkey was swallowed by a boa constrictor.

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  2. It's the biggest boa constrictor ever found.

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  3. A boa is very dangerous, and an elephant is very bulky.

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  4. She used to buy white mice for her boa constrictor to kill and eat.

    ruОна покупала маленьких белых мышей для своего удава, чтобы он их убивал и ел.

    deSie kaufte kleine weiße Mäuse, die ihre Boa Constrictor töten und fressen sollte.

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  5. Rainbow boas look magical.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
snake:
Русский
By meaning 2
snake:
scarf:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
snake:

Origin

From Middle English boa, from Latin boa (“large snake”), a species of serpent mentioned in

From Middle English boa, from Latin boa (“large snake”), a species of serpent mentioned in Pliny's Naturalis Historia (Natural History). The scarf was named attributively, for its resemblance to the snake when worn.

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Forms

plural: boas
Singularboa
Pluralboas

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur:feather boa

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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