Dictionary

anaconda en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɛə̯nəˈkɑndə/ æ-raising
• /ˌænəˈkɒndə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˌeə̯nəˈkɑndə/ æ-raising
• /ˌænəˈkɑndə/ (General-American)

Etymology

From New Latin anacandaia (“python”), originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, “whip snake”), from හෙණ (heṇa, “lightning, thunderbolt”) + කඳ (kaⁿda, “stem, trunk, body”) or from Tamil ஆனைக்கொன்றான் (āṉaikkoṉṟāṉ, “having killed an elephant”), from ஆனை (āṉai, “elephant”) + கொன்றான் (koṉṟāṉ, “having killed”).

Meanings

1. (countable) Any large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America.
2. (uncountable) A particular variety of stud poker.
3. (countable, in particular) Any large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. ▸ The green anaconda, Eunectes murinus.
4. (broadly, countable, slang) A large penis.
   • Womack went into the bedroom and checked on his two boys. When I headed to the bathroom to drain my anaconda, I caught a profile of him standing in the doorway, smiling down on the little rascals. 2000, Eric Jerome Dickey, Liar's Game, Signet, published 2002, →ISBN:
   • I have chased after white women to find they only wanted to dance with my anaconda and weren't interested in me as a partner. 2006, Christopher Darrick Odom, Visa Versa: Black Men Suffer in the Dating Game Too!, iUniverse, →ISBN, page xi:
   • My anaconda don't want none / Unless you got buns, hon 1992, Sir Mix-a-Lot, "Baby Got Back", Mack Daddy
5. (uncountable) A pattern morph of hognose snake that results in fewer but larger spots and often a completely black belly.
6. (countable) A pattern morph of hognose snake that results in fewer but larger spots and often a completely black belly. ▸ A hognose snake of this morph.
7. (countable) A contrabass serpent, a kind of musical instrument.

Forms

Deriveds

anaconda mortgage · yellow anaconda

Synonyms

pass the trash (card game)

Translations (42)

ca anaconda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · ro anaconda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · tl anakonda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · sv anakonda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · th อนาคอนดา (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · it anaconda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · uk анако́нда (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · cmn 森蚺 (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · cs anakonda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · fa آناکوندا (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · io anakondo (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · ar أَنَاكُنْدَة (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · ta ஆனைக்கொன்றான் (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · es anaconda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · cy neidr (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · pl anakonda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · be анако́нда (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · nl anaconda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · ru анако́нда (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · cmn 大水蟒 (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · eo anakondo (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · bg анако́нда (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · el ανακόντα (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · bor jure (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · ga anacanda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · az anakonda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · srn aboma (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · fi anakonda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · ast anaconda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · sh анаконда (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · fr anaconda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · de Anakonda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · pt anaconda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · es yacumama (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · qu yakumama (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · mr आणणे and कोंडणे (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · pt sucuri (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · sh anakonda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · ko 아나콘다 (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · da anakonda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · ja アナコンダ (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) · tr anakonda (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes)