constrictor
That which constricts or tightensThat which constricts or tightens: A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
Recorded US: Speaker: Flame, not lame Recorder: Flame, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
» The monkey was swallowed by a boa constrictor.
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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. — carlosalberto
deSie kaufte kleine weiße Mäuse, die ihre Boa Constrictor töten und fressen sollte. — carlosalberto
Meaning
1 sensesThat which constricts or tightens:
A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
- any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
Forms
plural: constrictors / constrictores| Singular | constrictor |
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Word family
4 related wordsSee also
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