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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
constrictor
    n 1: any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their
         prey by crushing it in its coils
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Constrictor \Con*strict"or\, n.
   1. That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
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   2. (Anat.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or
      which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
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   3. (Zool.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and
      crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.
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