单词	boa constrictor
释义	boa constrictor noun : a tropical American boa (Boa constrictor synonym Constrictor constrictor) that is light brown barred or mottled with darker brown and reaches a length of 10 feet (3 meters) or more broadly : boa sense 1 Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Two years later, an Ohio woman called 911, reporting a boa constrictor was wrapped around her waist and was holding onto her nose. Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 21 July 2022 If the fossils didn’t draw them in, the air hockey table did, and there was always one or two show-offs brave enough to have the boa constrictor draped over their shoulders. Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2022 Vice Media shot an episode for its food channel about Hop Woo’s seven courses of boa constrictor, which included everything from the snake’s skin to the gallbladder bile. Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 At the Zoo, Scott found himself in the trunk of an elephant and wrapped up in a boa constrictor. Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2022 Watching a boa constrictor capture and consume its prey is quite something. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2022 But the boa constrictor—and its breath—finds a way through. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2022 When coiled around a lizard or throttling a bird, a boa constrictor doesn't actually suffocate its prey. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2022 The different rib regions a boa constrictor uses to breathe while resting, constricting prey, and digesting a meal. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1771, in the meaning defined above
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