CONSTRICTOR


Meaning of CONSTRICTOR in English

/keuhn strik"teuhr/ , n.

1. a snake that kills its prey by coiling tightly around it, causing suffocation.

2. Anat. a muscle that constricts a hollow part of the body, as the pharynx.

3. a person or thing that constricts.

[ 1700-10; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .