Constrictor

[kən'strɪktə] or [kən'strɪktɚ]

(noun.) any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils.

Editor: Nancy--From WordNet

(n.) That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.

(n.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.

(n.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.

Edited by Greg