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constrictor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun constrictor has 1 sense
- constrictor(n = noun.animal) Array - any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils; Array is a kind of ophidian, serpent, snake
has particulars: boa
Derived form verb constrict1
CIDE DICTIONARY
constrictor, n.
- That which constricts, draws together, or contracts. [1913 Webster]
- A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter. [1913 Webster]
- A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
constrictor, n.
1 any snake (esp. a boa) that kills by coiling round its prey and compressing it.
2 Anat. any muscle that compresses or contracts an organ or part of the body.
1 any snake (esp. a boa) that kills by coiling round its prey and compressing it.
2 Anat. any muscle that compresses or contracts an organ or part of the body.
Etymology
mod.L (as constrict)
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