constrictor
constrictor · constrictors · constrictores
That which constricts or tightensThat which constricts or tightens: A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
UK/kənˈstɹɪk.tə/US/kənˈstɹɪk.tɚ/
» The monkey was swallowed by a boa constrictor.
Meaning
1 sensesThat 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 sentencesThe monkey was swallowed by a boa constrictor.
It's the biggest boa constrictor ever found.
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.
I once saw in a book a wonderful picture of a boa constrictor swallowing some big game.
Forms
plural: constrictors / constrictores| Singular | constrictor |
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