Definitions for constrictor

constrictor con·stric·tor

Spelling: [kuh n-strik-ter]
IPA: /kənˈstrɪk tər/

Constrictor is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 370 anagrams from letters in constrictor (ccinoorrstt).

Definitions for constrictor

noun

  1. a snake that kills its prey by coiling tightly around it, causing suffocation.
  2. Anatomy. a muscle that constricts a hollow part of the body, as the pharynx.
  3. a person or thing that constricts.

Origin of constrictor

From New Latin, dating back to 1700-10; See origin at constrict, -tor

Examples for constrictor

Her voice, as she spoke to the constrictor this time, was shrill and raucous.

This is a large species equal in size to the C. constrictor.

The constrictor could be worth a lot more than two hundred dollars to him.

It is a constrictor, without poison fangs, which would cling to the hand or arm as Luke describes.

It took him seven hours to reach the place where he had left the constrictor.

He needed to find the constrictor by the time Relegar started after him.

They were called in those days bull snakes, and were considered of the constrictor species, but not venomous.

Grant was encouraged by the fact that the constrictor did not appear to be far away.

Whether it was a giant bushmaster or a constrictor, we could not tell in the diffused light.

Some such look I had seen in the eyes of a dove which had been offered up as food for a constrictor.

Word Value for constrictor
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Words with friends

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