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7 definitions found for anaconda
Anaconda ANACOND'A, n. A name given in Ceylon to a large snake, a species of Boa, which is said to devour travelers. Its flesh is excellent food.
anaconda n 1: large arboreal boa of tropical South America [syn: anaconda, Eunectes murinus]
anaconda noun Etymology: probably modification of Sinhalese henakandayā, a slender green snake Date: 1768 a large semiaquatic constricting snake (Eunectes murinus) of the boa family of tropical South America that may reach a length of 30 feet (9.1 meters); broadly any of the large constricting snakes
anaconda
anaconda ˌænəˈkɔndə n. a large non-poisonous snake living mainly in water or in trees that kills its prey by constriction. [alt. of anacondaia f. Sinh. henakandaya whip-snake f. hena lightning + kanda stem: orig. of a snake in Sri Lanka]
Anaconda An`a*con"da, n. [Of Ceylonese origin?] (Zo["o]l.) A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.
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