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boa constrictor
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boa constrictor
a very large snake, Constrictor constrictor, of tropical America and the Caribbean, that kills its prey by constriction: family Boidae (boas)

boa constrictor
largest of all snakes; squeezes its victims in a deadly grip. [Zoology: NCE, 317]


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