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boa constrictor
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boa constrictor
n.
A large boa (Boa constrictor) of tropical America that has brown markings and kills its prey by constriction.
boa constrictor
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a very large snake, Constrictor constrictor, of tropical America and the Caribbean, that kills its prey by constriction: family Boidae (boas)
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Noun1.boa constrictor - very large boa of tropical America and West Indiesboa constrictor - very large boa of tropical America and West Indies
Constrictor constrictor
boa - any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs
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