Definition of boa constrictor
: 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
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That’s when Alabama slowly squeezed the life out of teams like a boa constrictor.
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John Talty | Jtalty@al.com, al, 31 Dec. 2021
Andy Snider, curator of herpetology and aquatics at the Chicago Zoological Society/Brookfield Zoo, said Argentine boas are a subspecies of boa constrictor that, as the name suggests, are native to portions of Argentina.
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Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2021
The landscapers discovered a large boa constrictor hiding in the outdoor plants of a home on the 7600 block of North Oketo Avenue on the afternoon of Oct. 27, Niles police said.
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Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2021
Then came Tarantula Ghoul, who featured in comedy sketches (often with a boa constrictor) before introducing old horror movies.
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oregonlive, 6 Oct. 2021
In the accompanying video, Eilish sings directly to the camera on a mountainside, before slowly being entangled by a boa constrictor.
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Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2021
An 8-foot boa constrictor that went missing in early July in Tooele apparently didn’t go far, the Tooele City police say.
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Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2021
Tyson, who usually does between 30 and 40 shows a year, and his co-workers had numerous animals available to be touched including an alligator (with its mouth taped shut), a ball python and a Colombian red tail boa constrictor.
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Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 29 May 2021
Millennials are passing through the U.S. economy like an elephant being digested by a boa constrictor.
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Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2021
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The first known use of boa constrictor was in 1771
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