Anaconda

//ˌænəˈkɒndə// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A particular variety of stud poker.
  2. 2
    A ghost town in the Boundary Country district, British Columbia, Canada.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.
  4. 4
    A city, the county seat of Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States, situated at the foot of the Anaconda Range.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. countable
  2. 2
    large arboreal boa of tropical South America wordnet
  3. 3
    The green anaconda, Eunectes murinus. countable
  4. 4
    A large penis. broadly, countable, slang, vulgar

    "My anaconda don't want none / Unless you got buns, hon"

  5. 5
    A pattern morph of hognose snake that results in fewer but larger spots and often a completely black belly. uncountable
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  1. 6
    A pattern morph of hognose snake that results in fewer but larger spots and often a completely black belly.; A hognose snake of this morph. countable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From New Latin anacandaia (“python”), originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, “whip snake”), from හෙණ (heṇa, “lightning, thunderbolt”) + කඳ (kaⁿda, “stem, trunk, body”) or from Tamil ஆனைக்கொன்றான் (āṉaikkoṉṟāṉ, “having killed an elephant”), from ஆனை (āṉai, “elephant”) + கொன்றான் (koṉṟāṉ, “having killed”).

Etymology 2

From New Latin anacandaia (“python”), originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, “whip snake”), from හෙණ (heṇa, “lightning, thunderbolt”) + කඳ (kaⁿda, “stem, trunk, body”) or from Tamil ஆனைக்கொன்றான் (āṉaikkoṉṟāṉ, “having killed an elephant”), from ஆனை (āṉai, “elephant”) + கொன்றான் (koṉṟāṉ, “having killed”).

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