anaconda

[ an-uh-kon-duh ]
/ ˌæn əˈkɒn də /

noun

a South American boa, Eunectes murinus, that often grows to a length of more than 25 feet (7.6 meters).
any large boa.
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.

Origin of anaconda

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

Words nearby anaconda

anaclitic, anaclitic depression, anacoenosis, anacoluthia, anacoluthon, anaconda, anacostia, anacostia river, anacoustic, anacreon, anacreontic

Definition for anaconda (2 of 2)

Anaconda
[ an-uh-kon-duh ]
/ ˌæn əˈkɒn də /

noun

a city in SW Montana.

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British Dictionary definitions for anaconda

anaconda
/ (ˌænəˈkɒndə) /

noun

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

Word Origin for anaconda

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