Meaning

1 senses
  1. That which constricts or tightens:

    A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.

More definitions
  • any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils

Examples

4 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. 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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  4. I once saw in a book a wonderful picture of a boa constrictor swallowing some big game.

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