python vs boa constrictor
Definitions
noun
- a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit
- large Old World boas
Examples
Snakes have hundreds of similar vertebrae in their backbones, as can be seen in the skeleton of a python embryo.
Mr. Jackson converted a rustic red barn into a herpetarium with displays for a dozen exotic and venomous snakes, including a Burmese python and a monocled cobra.
Phosphor is clearly named for the pale, luminous green that animates a thick, pythonlike convolution which winds up from the bottom of the horizontal canvas and takes several loops around itself before exiting at the top.
Definitions
noun
- very large boa of tropical America and West Indies
Examples
The emperor boa, or boa constrictor as well as all the others to which the name boa applies are, according to Cuvier, natives of America.
The more ferocious snakes here include fer-de-lance Bothrops asper, coral snake Micrurus spp., boa constrictor Boa constrictor, palm pit-viper Bothriechis spp. and bushmaster Lachesis muta.
As the boa constrictor tightens its grip our feelings of euphoria will grow as our power to transact on our own account diminishes.
