constrictor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils

WordNet


Con*strict"or noun
Definitions
  1. That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
  2. (Anat.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
  3. (Zoöl.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.

Webster 1913