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Boa constrictor   /bˈoʊə kənstrˈɪktər/   Listen
Boa constrictor

noun
1.
Very large boa of tropical America and West Indies.  Synonym: Constrictor constrictor.






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"Boa constrictor" Quotes from Famous Books



... me. He turned all manner of colors, and stood trembling and staring at me, as if there was something perfectly frightful in my face. I felt quite startled for the moment, for, of all the ways in which men have looked at me, no man ever looked at me in that way before. Did you ever see the boa constrictor fed at the Zoological Gardens? They put a live rabbit into his cage, and there is a moment when the two creatures look at each other. I declare Mr. Bashwood ...
— Armadale • Wilkie Collins



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