anaconda

«anaconda» in Mova's school dictionary: a very large snake from South America that lives in and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an anaconda, anacondas)

meaning for a pupil

1) An anaconda is a very large snake from South America that lives in and near rivers and swamps. tree →

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 →

sense 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 →
• The green anaconda lives in the Amazon rainforest. tree →
• Anacondas squeeze their prey instead of biting with venom. tree →
• We saw an anaconda sleeping in the warm pool at the zoo. tree →
• An anaconda can swallow an animal bigger than its own head. tree →
• The anaconda's eyes sit high on its head so it can see above the water. tree →
• In the film the anaconda was much bigger than any real snake. tree →
• Baby anacondas are born live, not hatched from eggs outside. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• An anaconda kills by squeezing until the prey's blood stops flowing, not by crushing bones.
• Pythons, boas and anacondas are the giants of the snake world.
• The longest snake is the reticulated python of Southeast Asia, and the heaviest is the green anaconda of South America.
• Anacondas live mostly in swamps and slow rivers, where the water helps hold up their heavy bodies.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «anaconda» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.