constrictor

constrictor
/keuhn strik"teuhr/, n.
1. a snake that kills its prey by coiling tightly around it, causing suffocation.
2. Anat. a muscle that constricts a hollow part of the body, as the pharynx.
3. a person or thing that constricts.
[1700-10; < NL; see CONSTRICT, -TOR]

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