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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
anaconda
 
SYLLABICATION:an·a·con·da
PRONUNCIATION:  n-knd
NOUN: Either of two nonvenomous, semiaquatic snakes (Eunectes murinus or E. noteus) of tropical South America that kill their prey by suffocating it in their coils. E. murinus, the giant anaconda, can attain lengths from 5 to 9 meters (16.4 to 29.5 feet).
ETYMOLOGY:Perhaps alteration of Sinhalese henakanday, whip snake.
 
 
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