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anaconda

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"Huge boa"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˌænəˈkɒndə/Part of speech nounSorted aaacdnnoStarts with AEnds with A1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. large arboreal boa of tropical South America

Word origin

From New Latin anacandaia (“python”), originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, “whip snake”), from හෙණ (heṇa, “lightning, thunderbolt”) + කඳ (kaⁿda, “stem, trunk, body”) or from Tamil ஆனைக்கொன்றான் (āṉaikkoṉṟāṉ, “having killed an elephant”), from ஆனை (āṉai, “elephant”) + கொன்றான் (koṉṟāṉ, “having killed”).

Used in a sentence

  • My anaconda don't want none / Unless you got buns, hon
  • Womack went into the bedroom and checked on his two boys. When I headed to the bathroom to drain my anaconda, I caught a profile of him standing in the doorway, smiling down on the little rascals.
  • I have chased after white women to find they only wanted to dance with my anaconda and weren't interested in me as a partner.

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