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Word entry · 3 letters

boa

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"Feather neckwear"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈbəʊ.ə/Part of speech nounSorted aboStarts with BEnds with A1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs

Word origin

From Middle English boa, from Latin boa (“large snake”), a species of serpent mentioned in Pliny's Naturalis Historia (Natural History). The scarf was named attributively, for its resemblance to the snake when worn.

Used in a sentence

  • Do not take up your boa as if it were the rope with which you meant to hang yourself; nor wrap your shawl round you as if it were your shroud.

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