Boa

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A long, round fur tippet;

— so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.

II. Boa ·noun A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques).

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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 constrictor
·- A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. ·see Illu...

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