English-Thai Dictionary

constrictor

N งู ที่ ฆ่า เหยื่อ โดย การ บีบรัด  ngu-ti-ka-yuea-doi-kan-bib-rad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONSTRICTOR

n. 1. That which draws together or contracts. In anatomy, a muscle which draws together or closes an orifice of the body; as the constrictor labiorum, a muscle of the lips.
2. A species of serpents, the black snake of the United States. Also, the Boa constrictor, the largest of known serpents.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONSTRICTOR

CONSTRICTOR Con *strict "or, n.

 

1. That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.

 

2. (Anat. )

 

Defn: A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.

 

3. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

constrictor

con stric tor |kənˈstriktər kənˈstrɪktər | ▶noun 1 a snake that kills by coiling around its prey and asphyxiating it. [Families Boidae and Pythonidae, and some members of other families (in particular Colubridae ).] 2 (also constrictor muscle ) Anatomy a muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage. • each of the muscles that constrict the pharynx. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: modern Latin, from constrict- ‘bound tightly together, ’ from the verb constringere (see constrain ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

constrictor

con |strict ¦or |kənˈstrɪktə | ▶noun 1 a snake that kills by coiling round its prey and asphyxiating it. ●Families Boidae and Pythonidae, and some members of other families (in particular Colubridae ). 2 (also constrictor muscle ) Anatomy a muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage. • each of the muscles which constrict the pharynx. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: modern Latin, from constrict- ‘bound tightly together ’, from the verb constringere (see constrain ).

 

Spanish Dictionary

constrictor, -ra

constrictor, -ra adjetivo Que constriñe o aprieta :la economía crece como si le hubieran quitado la faja constrictora .SINÓNIMO constringente . VÉASE boa constrictor

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

constrictor

con stric tor /kənstrɪ́ktə r /名詞 C 1 圧縮する物 [人 ]; 〘解剖 〙括約筋, 収縮筋 .2 (獲物を締め殺す )大蛇 〘boa (constrictor )など 〙.