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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] See : Deadliness How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``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. |
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