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Constrictor

That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.

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Boa 76% connected

A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques).

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Ophidian 76% connected

One of the Ophidia; a snake or serpent.

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Serpent 76% connected

Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.

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Snake 76% connected

Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.

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Squeeze 74% connected

To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…

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Squeeze 74% connected

To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…

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Actinozoan noun · 86% connection

sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed

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Anapsid noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Anapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Arachnid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arachnoid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arthropod noun · 86% connection

invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

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Asian horseshoe crab noun · 86% connection

horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia

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Centipede noun · 86% connection

chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being…

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Class Merostomata noun · 86% connection

used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida

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Cnidarian noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Coelenterate noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Diapsid noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsida noun · 86% connection

used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archos…

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Eurypterid noun · 86% connection

large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs

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Eutherian noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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Eutherian mammal noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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False scorpion noun · 86% connection

small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion

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Abductor noun · 78% connection

A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.

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Adductor noun · 78% connection

A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed t…

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Attraction noun · 78% connection

An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate part…

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Attractive noun · 78% connection

That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.

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Bargainor noun · 78% connection

One who makes a bargain, or contracts with another; esp., one who sells, or contracts to sell, property to another.

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Bellows n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection

An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air throug…

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Bleeder noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, draws blood.

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Bow hand unknown · 78% connection

The hand that draws the bow, i. e., the right hand.

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Broker verb · 78% connection

An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly c…

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Collapse verb · 78% connection

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…

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Contract verb · 78% connection

To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts…

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Contractor noun · 78% connection

One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to p…

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