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anaconda

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an·a·con·da  (n-knd)
n.
Either of two nonvenomous, semiaquatic snakes (Eunectes murinus or E. noteus) of tropical South America that kill their prey by suffocating it in their coils. E. murinus, the giant anaconda, can attain lengths from 5 to 9 meters (16.4 to 29.5 feet).
[Perhaps alteration of Sinhalese henakanday, whip snake.]
anaconda [ˌænəˈkɒndə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a very large nonvenomous arboreal and semiaquatic snake, Eunectes murinus, of tropical South America, which kills its prey by constriction: family Boidae (boas)
[probably changed from Sinhalese henakandayā whip snake, from hena lightning + kanda stem; originally referring to a snake of Sri Lanka]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.anacondaanaconda - large arboreal boa of tropical South America
Eunectes murinus
boa - any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs
Eunectes, genus Eunectes - anacondas
Translations
anaconda [ˌænəˈkɒndə] N → anaconda f
anaconda
n → Anakonda f
anaconda [ˌænəˈkɒndə] n → anaconda m inv


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and only this evening -- it makes me jingle all over like my tambourine --that anaconda of an old man swore 'em in to hunt him
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On their journeys those Britons were used to long fasts, and knew how to bear them; and also how to freight up against probable fasts before starting, after the style of the Indian and the anaconda.
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