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
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The Nuggets’ shooters, meanwhile, had blasted out of the gate hotter than a boa constrictor’s backside.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
There’s Brownie, a stray boa constrictor who was wandering in an apartment complex and Kiki, a shy kinkajou, who was relinquished when his caregiver became ill.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
Lowell plunders an emerald out of a wrecked ship, starts a fistfight with a local ruler, nearly dies when a boa constrictor wraps itself around her neck, and is wounded by an alligator.
—Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
As a model, Sofia famously posed topless with a boa constrictor for the Swedish men’s magazine Slitz.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
There’s Brownie, a stray boa constrictor who was wandering in an apartment complex and Kiki, a shy kinkajou, who was relinquished when his caregiver became ill.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
Lowell plunders an emerald out of a wrecked ship, starts a fistfight with a local ruler, nearly dies when a boa constrictor wraps itself around her neck, and is wounded by an alligator.
—Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
As a model, Sofia famously posed topless with a boa constrictor for the Swedish men’s magazine Slitz.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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