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constrictor

constrictor is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.(Anat.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
  2. 2.(Zoöl.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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