Boa constrictor

·- A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. ·see Illustration in Appendix.

Constrictor
·noun That which constricts, draws together, or contracts. II. Constrictor ·noun A muscle which con...

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boa
bŏa (also bŏva in the MSS. of Pliny and Festus), ae, f. [bos; cf. βουβών], I a large Italian serpe...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Boa
·noun A long, round fur tippet; — so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor. ...

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