slovo | definícia |
boa constrictor (encz) | boa constrictor,hroznýš královský n: Petr Prášek |
Boa constrictor (gcide) | Boa constrictor \Bo"a con*strict"or\ [NL. See Boa, and
Constrictor.] (Zool.)
A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes
twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]
Note: It has a succession of spots, alternately black and
yellow, extending along the back. It kills its prey by
constriction. The name is also loosely applied to other
large serpents which crush their prey, particularly to
those of the genus Python, found in Asia and Africa.
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boa constrictor (wn) | boa constrictor
n 1: very large boa of tropical America and West Indies [syn:
boa constrictor, Constrictor constrictor] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
Boa constrictor (gcide) | Boa constrictor \Bo"a con*strict"or\ [NL. See Boa, and
Constrictor.] (Zool.)
A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes
twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]
Note: It has a succession of spots, alternately black and
yellow, extending along the back. It kills its prey by
constriction. The name is also loosely applied to other
large serpents which crush their prey, particularly to
those of the genus Python, found in Asia and Africa.
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