anaconda

¹

[ an-uh-kon-duh ]

noun

1. a South American boa, Eunectes murinus, that often grows to a length of more than 25 feet (7.6 meters).
2. any large boa.
3. Cards. a variety of poker in which each player is dealt seven cards, discards two, and turns up one of the remaining five before each betting round.

Anaconda

²

[ an-uh-kon-duh ]

noun

1. a city in SW Montana.

anaconda

/ ˌænəˈkɒndə /

noun

1. a very large nonvenomous arboreal and semiaquatic snake, Eunectes murinus, of tropical South America, which kills its prey by constriction: family Boidae (boas)

Word History and Origins

Origin of anaconda¹

1760–70; misapplication of a name originally used for a snake of Sri Lanka; earlier anacandaia < Sinhalese henakandayā kind of snake

Word History and Origins

Origin of anaconda¹

C18: probably changed from Sinhalese henakandayā whip snake, from hena lightning + kanda stem; originally referring to a snake of Sri Lanka

Example Sentences

When Nicki Minaj released her “Anaconda” music video, the blatant booty was meant to spark a conversation.

From The Daily Beast

Even the more cartoonish way that Minaj is celebrating her ass in the “Anaconda” video may not be wise.

From The Daily Beast

Minaj dropped her newest single Anaconda on Monday, a Sir Mix-A-Lot sampling ode to her own assets.

From The Daily Beast

A suffocating silence filled the Sustainer Theater on LSA Anaconda in Iraq.

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This is like telling a man wrestling four alligators not to ignore that 30-foot anaconda that just slipped into the pond.

From The Daily Beast

A horse goes down entire, but a cow sticks at the horns, which the anaconda cannot swallow.

From Project Gutenberg

"The trouble with painting to-day is that it has no point of view," cried Rantoul, swallowing an egg in the anaconda fashion.

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Anaconda, an-a-kon′da, n. a large South American water-snake of the Python family, closely related to the boa-constrictor.

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His great anaconda has gathered itself in a circle around the doomed rabbit of rebellion, and if the rabbit swells he's a goner.

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In Montana we have one of the greatest copper mines in America, called the Anaconda.

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