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Boa vs Serpent - What's the difference?

boa | serpent |

As a proper noun boa

is .

As a noun serpent is

snake.

boa

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa , including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico, and the chevalier boa of Peru.
  • A type of scarf typically made from feathers.

    • See also

    * ("boa" on Wikipedia) * ("boa" species on Wikimedia) (scarf) * Albanian: * Basque: (t) * Catalan: * Finnish: (trans-mid) * French: * Italian: * Russian: (trans-bottom)

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    serpent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A snake.
  • (label) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake ().
  • (label) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
  • A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.

    • Related terms

    * serpentine * Old Serpent

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To wind; to encircle.
    • (Evelyn)

    See also

    * herpetology * lizard * reptile * snake

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