Usually means: Snakes that kill by squeezing.
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  1. constrictors: Merriam-Webster
  2. constrictors: Collins English Dictionary
  3. constrictors: Vocabulary.com
  4. constrictors: Wordnik
  5. constrictors: Wiktionary
  6. constrictors: Dictionary.com
  7. constrictors: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. constrictors: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. constrictors: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. constrictors: Medical dictionary

(Note: See constrictor as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (constrictor)

noun:  That which constricts or tightens:
noun:  (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
noun:  (anatomy) Each of the muscles which constrict the pharynx; ellipsis of pharyngeal constrictor..
noun:  Ellipsis of boa constrictor.: a python or similar snake that kills by constriction. [A large tropical American snake, Boa constrictor, that kills its prey by squeezing them.]
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