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# constrictor

«constrictor» in Mova's school dictionary: **A snake that kills its prey by wrapping its body around…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a constrictor, constrictors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A snake that kills its prey by wrapping its body around it and squeezing until the animal cannot breathe, such as a boa constrictor or a python. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#m1)

2) (science) A muscle that tightens or narrows a part of the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#m2)

3) Anything that squeezes or narrows something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons constrictors are an example of how predators hunt; boas and pythons are not venomous. In zoo visits and animal books the «boa constrictor» is a famous example. In body lessons a constrictor muscle squeezes, for example in the throat.

### examples

- A boa constrictor wraps around its prey and squeezes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#x1)
- Pythons are constrictors, not venomous snakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#x2)
- The zookeeper let us touch a small constrictor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#x3)
- The constrictor swallowed the rat whole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#x4)
- Constrictor muscles in your throat help you swallow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#x5)
- In the story, the jungle explorer met a huge constrictor hanging from a tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#x6)

### note

Plural «constrictors». From the verb «constrict», to squeeze or make narrower. Myth: constrictors do not usually crush bones; they stop the prey's blood flow and breathing. Spelling: «-or» not «-er».

### In the corpora

- [They have no venom; they hunt by grabbing prey and wrapping it in their coils, which is why they are called constrictors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «constrictor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.