Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
990,088,914 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

boa constrictor

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Wikipedia 0.04 sec.
boa constrictor
largest of all snakes; squeezes its victims in a deadly grip. [Zoology: NCE, 317]

?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
``When I see a script like this, it reminds me of all those movies that I went to see as a kid, like `Creature From the Black Lagoon' and `It' and the Dracula movies and Frankenstein and the Vincent Price movies and Peter Cushing and all of the things that made us go home at night and bite the pillow when mom came in the room and turned the lights out,'' Jackson said with a grin, right after posing with a huge boa constrictor draped around his neck.
In Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince, the young aviator becomes frustrated with adults because they cannot see his drawing for what it is--a boa constrictor that swallowed an elephant.
At the very end, the great bronze cathedral doors opened and down the center aisle came a man carrying a huge eagle, followed by a camel, two llamas, a ram, a man carrying a boa constrictor, and a woman with a tropical bird, to mention just a few of the creatures.
 
Encyclopedia browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.