boa constrictor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈboʊə kənˌstɹɪktɚ/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from taxonomic name Boa constrictor.
Meanings
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A large tropical American snake, Boa constrictor, that kills its prey by squeezing them.
After him followed a blesbok, then an impala, then a koodoo, then more goats, and many other animals, including a girl sewn up in the shining scaly hide of a boa-constrictor, several yards of which trailed along the ground behind her.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
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(broadly) Any large boa or python.
We found boa constrictors or pythons, whip snakes, the handsome but deadly tiger snake, so called from the peculiar marks on its skin[.]
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 95:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| boa constrictors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hyponyms
Orton's boa constrictor (Boa constrictor subspecies) · Argentine boa constrictor (Boa constrictor subspecies) · red-tailed boa constrictor (Boa constrictor subspecies) · long-tailed boa constrictor (Boa constrictor subspecies)
Translations (32)
la boa cōnstrictor (snake) · nl afgodslang (snake) · mi poa kukuti (snake) · cmn 蟒蛇 (snake) · fi kuningasboa (snake) · ga buachrapaire (snake) · kmr aclafemar (snake) · pl boa dusiciel (snake) · cmn 大蟒 (snake) · fr boa constricteur (snake) · hy վիշապօձ (snake) · ja ボアコン (snake) · he נָחָשׁ בָּרִיחַ (snake) · sv kungsboa (snake) · es boa constrictora (snake) · ru уда́в (snake) · da kongeboa (snake) · uk уда́в (snake) · srn daguwesneki (snake) · pt jiboia (snake) · ko 왕뱀 (snake) · tl banyas (snake) · ca boa constrictora (snake) · cy neidr wasgu (snake) · pt jiboia-constritora (snake) · ro șarpe boa (snake) · nl boa constrictor (snake) · tl manlilingkis (snake) · pam bitin (snake) · de Abgottschlange (snake) · sl udav (snake) · cs hroznýš královský (snake)