boa constrictor

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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boa constrictor

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

See: Deadliness

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