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# constrictor

noun (a constrictor, constrictors)

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

## Everyday

1. A snake that kills its prey by wrapping its body around it and squeezing until the animal cannot breathe, such as a boa constrictor or a python. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#m1)
2. (science) A muscle that tightens or narrows a part of the body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#m2)
3. Anything that squeezes or narrows something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and nature lessons constrictors are an example of how predators hunt; boas and pythons are not venomous. In zoo visits and animal books the «boa constrictor» is a famous example. In body lessons a constrictor muscle squeezes, for example in the throat.

### Examples

- A boa constrictor wraps around its prey and squeezes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#x1)
- Pythons are constrictors, not venomous snakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#x2)
- The zookeeper let us touch a small constrictor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#x3)
- The constrictor swallowed the rat whole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#x4)
- Constrictor muscles in your throat help you swallow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#x5)
- In the story, the jungle explorer met a huge constrictor hanging from a tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constrictor/#x6)

### Note

Plural «constrictors». From the verb «constrict», to squeeze or make narrower. Myth: constrictors do not usually crush bones; they stop the prey's blood flow and breathing. Spelling: «-or» not «-er».

## On Mova

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