What is the meaning of Constrictor?

  • (n.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
  • (n.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.
  • (n.) That which constricts, draws together or contracts.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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MLAWebster's. "constrictor" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/constrictor/definitions/1990810>
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