constrictor

«constrictor» in Mova's school dictionary: A snake that kills its prey by wrapping its body around… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a constrictor, constrictors)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

2) (science) A muscle that tightens or narrows a part of the body. tree →

3) Anything that squeezes or narrows something. tree →

sense 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 →
• Pythons are constrictors, not venomous snakes. tree →
• The zookeeper let us touch a small constrictor. tree →
• The constrictor swallowed the rat whole. tree →
• Constrictor muscles in your throat help you swallow. tree →
• In the story, the jungle explorer met a huge constrictor hanging from a tree. tree →

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».

In the corpora

• They have no venom; they hunt by grabbing prey and wrapping it in their coils, which is why they are called constrictors.

Trees and pragmatics

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