11 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
noun any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- New Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *streyg-der. New Latin stringō New Latin cōnstringō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr New Latin -tor New Latin cōnstrictorbor. ▲ Latin cōnstringō Latin cōnstrictusbor. English constrict ▲ Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old…
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