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boa

/boh-uh/US // ˈboʊ ə //UK // (ˈbəʊə) //

蟒蛇,蚺蛇,蟒蛇皮,蚺城

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bo·as.

    • : any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
    • : a scarf or stole of feathers, fur, or fabric.

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Examples

  • Taxidermied birds, feather boas and birds as earrings became largely unfashionable and were rarely seen again in women’s fashion.

  • What’s more, the Hispaniolan vineboa may be among the smallest boas in the world, Reynolds, Landestoy and colleague Robert Henderson of the Milwaukee Public Museum report August 17 in Breviora.

  • The boa constrictor was “sheltered in a cage” and was removed — alive — by animal-control officers, Piringer said.

  • Aged around 85, in her long life Boa Sr witnessed the entire destruction of her people.

  • Ventura did have more qualifications for elected office than simply wearing a feathered boa while grappling in the wrestling ring.

  • Most of them had picked their own clothes without a stylist, so there was a lot of boa and fringe and sparkles.

  • Dorian had a unique talent for striking glamorous and artistic attitudes while clutching a live boa constrictor.

  • Mack, according to reports, used his winnings to fill his home with Rottweilers, tarantulas, and a boa constrictor.

  • Now indeed they would have a grand feast, for they could add the flesh of the deer and boa to what they had already obtained.

  • The rest of the party came up at this moment and helped cut away the skin of the boa.

  • Around her throat was a white feather boa, while her features were half concealed by the veil she wore.

  • He was as successful as he was brave, and he had the great good luck to meet a tiger, a young hippopotamus, and a boa constrictor.

  • I said, with my imagination full of boa-constrictors big enough to entwine and crush us up.