constrictor

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For example, all species have a two-part Latin name, such as Boa constrictor or Homo sapiens.
比如，所有物种的名字都由两部分拉丁文组成，像蟒蛇（Boa constrictor）或智人（Homo sapiens）。
In these cases the “constrictor” and “sapiens” is the species name and “Boa” and “Homo” the genus name.
“constrictor”和“sapiens”是种类名，而“Boa”和“Homo”是属类名。
Unconsciously, an angry Harry makes the glass separating Dudley from a boa constrictor disappear.
一次，哈利和他粗俗无礼的表兄达利去参观动物园，达利挥拳向哈利的肋骨处猛击，愤怒的哈利在无意中施法让隔离达利与蟒蛇的玻璃消失了。

Instead, the computer played this very quiet move that constrained all of Kasparov's pieces, sucking the life out of his position like a boa constrictor.
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Ever since Britain surrendered the Crown Colony to the PRC in 1997, Beijing has, like a boa constrictor, inexorably tightened its grip on the people of Hong Kong.
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(SNAKE) any snake that kills animals and birds by wrapping itself around them and crushing them
(MUSCLE) a muscle that makes a part of the body narrower

any of various nonvenomous snakes, such as the pythons, boas, and anaconda, that coil around and squeeze their prey to kill it