anaconda
11Anaconda — An a*con da, n. [Of Ceylonese origin?] (Zo[ o]l.) A large South American snake of the Boa family ({Eunectes murinus}), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent ({Python… …
12Anaconda — Anaconda, Art der Riesenschlange, s.d …
13Anaconda — Anaconda, Stadt im nordamerikan. Staate Montana, Grafschaft Deerlodge, mit (1900) 9453 Einw. und dem großartigsten Kupferschmelzwerk der Welt (Jahresförderung 1897: 17,3 Mill. Doll.) …
14anaconda — (n.) 1768, a name first used in English to name a Ceylonese python, it was applied erroneously to a large South American boa, called in Brazil sucuriuba. The word is of uncertain origin, and no snake name like it now is found in Sinhalese or… …
15anaconda — s. f. Réptil ofídio da América do Sul, o qual atinge grandes dimensões …
16anaconda — sustantivo femenino 1. (macho y hembra) Eunectes murinus. Serpiente de gran tamaño y color verde con manchas negras ovaladas, que vive en los ríos de América tropical …
17anaconda — ► NOUN ▪ a very large snake of the boa family, native to tropical South America. ORIGIN Sinhalese, whip snake …
18anaconda — [an΄ə kän′də] n. [earlier anacandaia < Sinhalese henacandāya, lit., lightning stem, a snake of Sri Lanka: name later transferred to this South American boa] a very long, heavy South American boa (Eunectes murinus) that lives in trees and water …
19Anaconda — Taxobox name = Eunectes image caption = Green anaconda, E. murinus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata subordo = Serpentes familia = Boidae subfamilia = Boinae genus = Eunectes genus… …
20anaconda — /an euh kon deuh/, n. 1. a South American boa, Eunectes murinus, that often grows to a length of more than 25 ft. (7.6 m). 2. any large boa. 3. Cards. a variety of poker in which each player is dealt seven cards, discards two, and turns up one of …
