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Meaning of CONSTRICTOR

Pronunciation:  kun'striktur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
 
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 See Also: boa, ophidian, serpent, snake

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Con*strict"or\, n.
1. That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
2. (Anat.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or
   which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and
   crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.
 

 

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