Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
constrictor
n 1: any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their
prey by crushing it in its coils