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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Constrictor \Con*strict"or\, n. 1. That which constricts, draws together, or contracts. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

constrictor n 1: any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils