Boa

Boa - Other Definitions

• (n.) A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques).
  
  
• (n.) A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.
  
  
• constrictor () A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix.
  
  
• (pl. ) of Boa