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BOA CONSTRICTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boa constrictor mean?
• BOA CONSTRICTOR (noun)
The noun BOA CONSTRICTOR has 1 sense:
1. very large boa of tropical America and West Indies
Familiarity information: BOA CONSTRICTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very large boa of tropical America and West Indies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
boa constrictor; Constrictor constrictor
Hypernyms ("boa constrictor" is a kind of...):
boa (any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs)
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