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    BOA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("boa" is a kind of...):

    constrictor (any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boa"):

    boa constrictor; Constrictor constrictor (very large boa of tropical America and West Indies)

    Charina bottae; rubber boa; tow-headed snake (boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America; looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape)

    Lichanura trivirgata; rosy boa (boa of rocky desert of southwestern United States)

    anaconda; Eunectes murinus (large arboreal boa of tropical South America)

    python (large Old World boas)

    Holonyms ("boa" is a member of...):

    Boidae; family Boidae (boas and pythons)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or furplay

    Synonyms:

    boa; feather boa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("boa" is a kind of...):

    scarf (a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration)

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