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anaconda definition

ana·conda (an′ə kän′də)

noun

a very long, heavy South American boa (Eunectes murinus) that lives in trees and water

Etymology: earlier anacandaia < Sinhalese henacandāya, lit., lightning-stem, a snake of Sri Lanka: name later transferred to this South American boa

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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