constrictor - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'constrictor' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Constrictor

[ n.]

- That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
- A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
- A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.

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con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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