constrictor

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin cōnstrictor, or from constrict + -or.

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