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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.