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# anaconda

noun (an anaconda, anacondas)

«anaconda» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An anaconda is a very large snake from South America that lives in and near rivers and swamps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaconda/#m1)
2. The green anaconda is the heaviest snake in the world; it is not venomous but kills its prey by squeezing it until it cannot breathe, then swallows it whole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaconda/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about rainforests and food chains the anaconda is a top predator of the Amazon that eats fish, birds, capybaras and even caimans. In stories and films it is a scary giant snake, though real anacondas almost never attack people. Phrases: green anaconda, giant anaconda, a constrictor snake.

### Examples

- An anaconda can stay under water for a long time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaconda/#x1)
- The green anaconda lives in the Amazon rainforest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaconda/#x2)
- Anacondas squeeze their prey instead of biting with venom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaconda/#x3)
- We saw an anaconda sleeping in the warm pool at the zoo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaconda/#x4)
- An anaconda can swallow an animal bigger than its own head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaconda/#x5)
- The anaconda's eyes sit high on its head so it can see above the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaconda/#x6)
- In the film the anaconda was much bigger than any real snake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaconda/#x7)
- Baby anacondas are born live, not hatched from eggs outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaconda/#x8)

### Note

Countable: an anaconda (use «an» because it starts with a vowel sound), two anacondas. Trap: the green anaconda is the heaviest snake, but the reticulated python can be longer. Anacondas are constrictors, not venomous snakes: they squeeze, they do not poison. Myth: films show anacondas hunting people, but this is very rare in real life.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «anaconda» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anaconda/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«anaconda» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/anaconda.html) on Mova free.