anaconda

anaconda
noun Etymology: probably modification of Sinhalese henakandayā, a slender green snake Date: 1768 a large semiaquatic constricting snake (Eunectes murinus) of the boa family of tropical South America that may reach a length of 30 feet (9.1 meters); broadly any of the large constricting snakes

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