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Constrictor


CONSTRICTOR, noun

1. That which draws together or contracts. In anatomy, a muscle which draws together or closes an orifice of the body; as the constrictor labiorum, a muscle of the lips.

2. A species of serpents, the black snake of the United States. Also, the Boa constrictor the largest of known serpents.