constrictor (redirected from constrictor muscle)

con·stric·tor  (kn-strktr)

n.

1. One that constricts, as a muscle that contracts or compresses a part or organ of the body.

2. Any of various snakes, such as the python or boa, that tightly coil around and asphyxiate their prey.

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constrictor [kənˈstrɪktə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various nonvenomous snakes, such as the pythons, boas, and anaconda, that coil around and squeeze their prey to kill it

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) any muscle that constricts or narrows a canal or passage; sphincter

3. a person or thing that constricts

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

constrictor - any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils ophidian, serpent, snake - limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous boa - any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs

Translations

constrictor [kənˈstrɪktəʳ] N → constrictor f

constrictor

n

(= muscle) → Schließmuskel m, → Konstriktor m (spec)

(= snake) → Boa (constrictor) f