| NOUN | artifact | boa, feather boa | a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | boa | any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs |
| Sounds | bow'ah | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | balboa / Balboa ... Samoa: 11 rhymes with owah... | |
| Meaning | A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | feather boa | |
| Broader | scarf | A garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration |
| Spanish | boa | |
| Catalan | boà, boa | |
| Meaning | Any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Member of | Boidae, family Boidae | boas and pythons |
| Narrower | anaconda, Eunectes murinus | large arboreal boa of tropical South America |
| boa constrictor, Constrictor constrictor | Very large boa of tropical America and West Indies | |
| python | large Old World boas | |
| rosy boa, Lichanura trivirgata | boa of rocky desert of southwestern United States | |
| rubber boa, tow-headed snake, Charina bottae | boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America | |
| Broader | constrictor | Any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils |
| Spanish | boa | |
| Catalan | boa | |
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