constrictor

UK: /kənˈstrɪktə/ US: /kənˈstrɪktɚ/ ,(kən strik′tər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

con•stric•tor /kənˈstrɪktɚ/   n. [countable]

1. Reptiles a snake that kills by squeezing its prey.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

con•stric•tor  (kən strik′tər), n. 

1. Reptiles a snake that kills its prey by coiling tightly around it, causing suffocation.
2. Anatomy a muscle that constricts a hollow part of the body, as the pharynx.
3. a person or thing that constricts.

• Neo-Latin; see constrict, -tor
• 1700–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

constrictor / kənˈstrɪktə/ noun

1. any of various nonvenomous snakes, such as the pythons, boas, and anaconda, that coil around and squeeze their prey to kill it
2. any muscle that constricts or narrows a canal or passage; sphincter
3. a person or thing that constricts