Constrictor

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.

II. Constrictor ·noun A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.

III. Constrictor ·noun A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.

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