Constrictor

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Constrictor \Con*strict"or\, n.
     1. That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
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     2. (Anat.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or
        which compresses an organ; a sphincter.


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     3. (Zool.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and
        crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  constrictor
       n : any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey
           by crushing it in its coils