constrictor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: constrictor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for constrictor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
constrictor n any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Constrictor \Con*strict"or\, n. 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. (Zo[94]l.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.