boa

Noun

Meaning

A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques).

A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

feather boa stole boa constrictor constrictor rabat python anaconda cobra asp mamba right great code snake serpent
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Antonyms

haggard rotten unbecoming evil rough incorrect
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Hypernyms

animal reptile scarf constrictor

Hyponyms

python anaconda boa constrictor rubber boa rosy boa Charina bottae

Phrases with the word

boa snakes Amazon Basin emerald tree boa red-tailed boa boa to grass snake banana boa indian sand boa

Derivatives

boas

Examples

Psychoanalysis: a rabbit that was swallowed by a boa constrictor who just wanted to see what it was like in there. Karl Kraus

The winter passed as slowly and peacefully as a boa constrictor digesting a valium addict. Tom Robbins

Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor. Noël Coward

He and I were about as compatible as a rat and a boa constrictor. Stevie Nicks

Evil is unintelligible. It is just a thing in itself, like boarding a crowded commuter train wearing only a giant boa constrictor. There is no context which would make it explicable. Terry Eagleton

It is what the eyes of one man sees that is described as a boa constrictor. Nigerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

bo'sun Bo-Bo bo-peep boa constrictor boa constrictors boa dragonfish