NOUN | artifact | boa, feather boa | a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur |
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animal | boa | any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs |
Sounds | bow'ah | |
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Rhymes | balboa / Balboa ... Samoa: 11 rhymes with owah... |
Meaning | A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur. | |
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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. | |
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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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