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Definition of Boa constrictor

Boa constrictor
Boa constrictor Bo"a con*strict"or [NL. See Boa, and Constrictor.] (Zo["o]l.) A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix. Note: It has a succession of spots, alternately black and yellow, extending along the back. It kills its prey by constriction. The name is also loosely applied to other large serpents which crush their prey, particularly to those of the genus Python, found in Asia and Africa.

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- The boa constrictor (scientific name also Boa constrictor), also known as the common boa, is a species of large, non-venomous, heavy-bodied snake that...
- Boa imperator (or Boa constrictor imperator in common usage) is a large and heavy-bodied arboreal species of non-venomous, constrictor-type snake in the...
- Boa constrictor occidentalis, also commonly known as the Argentine boa, is a subspecies of large, heavy-bodied, nonvenomous, constricting snake. Boa constrictor...
- "Boa Constrictor" is a song written by Shel Silverstein and originally featured on his 1962 album Inside Folk Songs. The song was covered by Johnny Cash...
- Look up boa constrictor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boa constrictor is a large South American constricting snake. Boa constrictor may also refer...
- 2 in – 15 ft 5 in) range for the monitor. Prehistoric snakes Anaconda Boa constrictor Python (genus) Rodríguez García, Gabriel, and Ana Cristina Londoño...
- into Boa, based on a phylogeny derived from morphological characters. However, it has since been shown that the Malagasy boids and Boa constrictor do not...
- species murina of his new genus Boa, which contained eight other species, including Boa constrictor. The generic name Boa came from an ancient Latin word...
- Boa sigma, known commonly as the Mexican west coast boa constrictor, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is endemic to western Mexico...
- belief, the snake does not suffocate the victim.  Instead, a study of boa constrictors showed that constriction halts blood flow and prevents oxygen from...