She was a tiny girl, but she really held her own on the baritone sax. Nonetheless, I couldn't help but imagine the thing wrapping itself around her and devouring her like a boa constrictor.
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Constrictor
/kənˈstɹɪk.tə/
Synonyms for "constrictor" (14 found)
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
6 entriesesophageal constrictorinferior pharyngeal constrictorpharyngeal constrictorpythonsred tailed boasuperior pharyngeal constrictor
Collocations
5 entriesboa constrictorconstrictor muscleesophageal constrictorlaryngeal constrictorpharyngeal constrictor
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
3 translations across 2 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- constrictor noun (that which constricts or tightens)
Finnish
2 entries- kiristäjä noun (that which constricts or tightens)
- kuristaja noun (that which constricts or tightens)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The monkey was swallowed by a boa constrictor.
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I once saw in a book a wonderful picture of a boa constrictor swallowing some big game.
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She used to buy white mice for her boa constrictor to kill and eat.
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