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Webster 1913 Edition


Anaconda

Anˊa-con′da

,
Noun.
[Of Ceylonese origin?]
(Zool.)
A large South American snake of the Boa family (
Eunectes murinus
), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (
Python tigris
) of Ceylon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Anaconda

ANACOND'A

,
Noun.
A name given in Ceylon to a large snake, a species of Boa, which is said to devour travelers. Its flesh is excellent food.

Definition 2024


anaconda

anaconda

English

Wikispecies

Noun

anaconda (plural anacondas)

  1. Any of various large nonvenomous snakes of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. Their length can grow to as much as 5 m (15 ft).
  2. (by extension, slang, vulgar) ****.
    • 1992, Sir Mix-a-Lot, "Baby Got Back", Mack Daddy:
      My anaconda don't want none / Unless you got buns, hon
    • 2000, Eric Jerome Dickey, Liar's Game, Signet (2002), ISBN 9781101142998, unnumbered page:
      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.
    • 2006, Christopher Darrick Odom, Visa Versa: Black Men Suffer in the Dating Game Too!, iUniverse (2006), ISBN 9780595403516, page xi:
      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.
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:anaconda.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

Translations


French

Pronunciation

Noun

anaconda m (plural anacondas)

  1. anaconda

Italian

Noun

anaconda f (plural anaconde)

  1. (snake) anaconda

Portuguese

Noun

anaconda f (pl anacondas)

  1. anaconda

Synonyms


Spanish

Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondas)

  1. anaconda