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[syn: anaconda, Eunectes murinus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Anaconda \An`a*con"da\, n. [Of Ceylonese origin?] (Zool.)
A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes
murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and
small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large
serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Eunectes murinus
n 1: large arboreal boa of tropical South America [syn:
anaconda, Eunectes murinus]