anacondanoun [ C ]
uk/ˌæn.əˈkɒn.də/us/ˌæn.əˈkɑːn.də/a large South American snake that curls around a live animal and crushes it to kill it for food
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Reptile & amphibian names
- adder
- alligator
- amphibian
- asp
- boa
- constrictor
- crocodile
- frog
- garter snake
- gator
- mamba
- newt
- puff adder
- python
- rattlesnake
- slowworm
- snake
- terrapin
- toad
- tortoise
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Examples from literature
- "Did you run across any boa constrictors or anacondas?" asked he serenely.
- "I don't think the anaconda is poisonous at all," said she, lightly.
- Does anyone feel as keenly interested in any real living cobra or anaconda as in the non-existent great sea-serpent?
- The anaconda is a native of Brazil and some of the other South American countries.
- The anaconda, it is said, can live three months on one meal.