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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
Burmese Pythons Pythons are one of three breeding populations of constrictors established in Florida, the other two being the Northern African and Reticulated pythons.
—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
Burmese Pythons Pythons are one of three breeding populations of constrictors established in Florida, the other two being the Northern African and Reticulated pythons.
—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
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The show featured other Minter heroes, including Jane Fonda giving the finger and two large-scale odalisques: Padma Lakshmi, in a bra and a boa, eating oranges, and Lizzo, in a corset, holding an iPhone.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
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At the New York premiere of her upcoming film, , Sweeney arrived alongside co-star Amanda Seyfried wearing a low-cut, glitzy silver Miu Miu floor-length gown, finished with a dramatic feather boa.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Dec. 2025
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Other rattlesnakes found as far north as Denton County include the timber rattlesnake, pygmy rattlesnake and massasauga rattlesnake, Pandelis said.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake is even the official state reptile.—
Alexandra Hardle,
AZCentral.com,
24 Nov. 2025
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Herrington collectively calls them cobra kids—the cobra is a BUSAR symbol.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Cape coral cobra (Aspidelaps lubricus) and the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca), act in a more stealthy fashion.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
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But things get real when an actual giant anaconda appears, turning their comically chaotic movie set into a deadly situation.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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British explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett, who wandered the Amazon for 22 years at the beginning of the 20th century before vanishing without a trace, wrote that the breath of the anaconda stupefied its prey.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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The officer said animals seem to come with Yreka CHP’s territory; officers had to babysit a python and a tarantula while on duty last year.—
Monica Garske,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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But the Fenty Beauty mogul has proven herself animal print agnostic, with a particular penchant for snake—those Amina Muaddi python print boots are the hardest working shoe in her wardrobe.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
21 Jan. 2026
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Scientists have captured high-speed video of venomous snake strikes, including this dramatic footage of a copperhead.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Oct. 2025
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As the leaves turn to shades of orange and brown, a copperhead snake starts to blend perfectly into its habitat.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Sep. 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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River, tree, sorry, adder, stink, future, plughole.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Among the elapids are cobras, and in Australia death adders and tiger snakes.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Nov. 2025
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“Constrictor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constrictor. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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