"boa constrictor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: boa constrictors [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from New Latin Boa constrictor. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|NL.|Boa constrictor}} Unadapted borrowing from New Latin Boa constrictor Head templates: {{en-noun}} boa constrictor (plural boa constrictors)
  1. A large tropical American snake, Boa constrictor, that kills its prey by squeezing them. Categories (lifeform): Boas Translations (snake): վիշապօձ (višapōj) (Armenian), boa constrictora [feminine] (Catalan), 蟒蛇 (mǎngshé) (Chinese Mandarin), 大蟒 (dàmǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), hroznýš královský [masculine] (Czech), kongeboa [common-gender] (Danish), boa constrictor [masculine] (Dutch), afgodslang [feminine] (Dutch), kuningasboa (Finnish), boa constricteur [masculine] (French), Abgottschlange [feminine] (German), נָחָשׁ בָּרִיחַ (naḥásh baríaḥ) [masculine] (Hebrew), buachrapaire [masculine] (Irish), ボアコン (boakon) (Japanese), bitin (Kapampangan), 왕뱀 (wangbaem) (Korean), poa kukuti (Maori), aclafemar (Northern Kurdish), boa dusiciel [masculine] (Polish), jiboia [feminine] (Portuguese), jiboia-constritora [feminine] (Portuguese), șarpe boa [masculine] (Romanian), уда́в (udáv) [masculine] (Russian), udav [masculine] (Slovene), boa constrictora [feminine] (Spanish), daguwesneki (Sranan Tongo), kungsboa [common-gender] (Swedish), banyas (Tagalog), manlilingkis (Tagalog), уда́в (udáv) [masculine] (Ukrainian), neidr wasgu [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-boa_constrictor-en-noun-nPJG-5CU Disambiguation of Boas: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'snake': 71 29
  2. (loosely) Any large python. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-boa_constrictor-en-noun-xHERcKX1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 47 53

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