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Constrictor   Listen
noun
Constrictor  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.
(Zool.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.





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"Constrictor" Quotes from Famous Books



... thrown away by the butcher. If successful in gaining this prize they were not long in disposing of it, cooking evidently being considered a waste of time. A famished "black-fellow" after a heavy meal used to remind me of pictures of the boa-constrictor who has swallowed an ox, and is resting in ...
— Spinifex and Sand - Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia • David W Carnegie


Words linked to "Constrictor" :   boa constrictor, snake, serpent, Coluber constrictor, constrict, boa


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