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The constrictor, named for Rolf Blomberg, the Swedish naturalist who first described the species, can reach six feet in length and comes in an array of earthy browns, oranges and reds, with patterned spots along its sides.
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Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
Unlike constrictors, which rely on brute force to suffocate their prey, king cobras are precision venom injectors.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
One of several constrictors known to exist in the ‘glades, the python has decimated native species including rabbits, raccoons, opossums, and birds.
—Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
That brought the total number of nonnative constrictors removed in all Florida Python Challenge competitions to 1,112.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 11 July 2024
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Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
Unlike constrictors, which rely on brute force to suffocate their prey, king cobras are precision venom injectors.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
One of several constrictors known to exist in the ‘glades, the python has decimated native species including rabbits, raccoons, opossums, and birds.
—Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
That brought the total number of nonnative constrictors removed in all Florida Python Challenge competitions to 1,112.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 11 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for constrictor
Noun
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Her strapless gown also touted a plunging neckline with subtle boning, teamed with a massive feather boa for added drama.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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Though the platforms became the star of the show, other parts of Campbell’s ensemble, which included a bright pink feather boa and a Scottish inspired kilt, were also made famous by the fall.—
Rosa Rahimi,
CNN Money,
19 June 2025
Noun
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The smallest snake in the state, the pygmy rattlesnake, packs a punch given its compact size.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Sep. 2025
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If there was a six-foot gopher snake roaming the property, why not a rattlesnake, too?—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Cleopatra was imprisoned in her palace, and legend has it that an ally brought her a basket of figs, and hidden within was the cobra that gave the Egyptian queen that fatal bite.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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Save for a quick glance at his adversary, Redford fixes his eyes on the out-of-focus holster in the foreground, a cobra waiting to strike.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
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But chaos erupts when the anaconda escapes mid-filming, forcing the team deep into the jungle in search of another.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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It was even nominated for six Razzie Awards, including for Worst Screen Couple (Voight and the animatronic anaconda).—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
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The authorities who responded to the snake sighting in Pinecrest — a village roughly 11 miles southwest of Miami — found a 14-foot Burmese python at the scene, located next to a busy road.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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Kebede wears python-effect and suede outerwear over fluid pieces.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, once his guardian arrived at the day care center, the information they were told was allegedly changed, as it was revealed that the boy had been bitten by a copperhead snake.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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The University of Kentucky says the main types of venomous snakes found in the commonwealth are copperheads, pigmy rattlesnakes, timber rattlesnakes and western cottonmouths.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
18 Aug. 2025
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That was when, along the margins of the Juma, the bushmaster snapped into view.—
Terrence McCoy,
Washington Post,
8 Nov. 2023
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Ripa claimed to be the first herpetologist in the world to watch venomous bushmasters mate....and was bitten by them at least seven times in his life.—
Mark Price,
charlotteobserver,
15 May 2017
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Klaus Birch Birch arrived at the scene and found the adder examining the young hare and biting its left hind leg.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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See it On Sylt Island in northern Germany, a resident’s photograph confirmed the presence of a Vipera berus, also known as the common European adder.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Constrictor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constrictor. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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