anacondas

Massive South American serpents

Anacondas is the plural of anaconda, a large South American snake that kills prey by constriction.

The green anaconda is among the heaviest snakes in the world, found in swamps and rivers of the Amazon basin.

The word often evokes something massive and powerful: The line for tickets was an anaconda wrapping around the block.

wildlife

constrictor

Snake killing by compression

  • snakeLimbless scaled reptile
  • serpentCunning, limbless reptile
  • reptileCold-blooded scaled vertebrate

Amazon · swamp · jungle · predator · coils · scales · slither · rainforest · wetlands · aquatic

hunting

squeeze

Firm bilateral compression

caiman · deer · swallow · constriction · strike · lurk · stalk · riverbank · submerge · crushing

cinema

horror

Extreme fear or disgust

  • thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
  • monsterFrightening imaginary creature
  • sequelContinuation of prior work

attack · boat · expedition · survival · B-movie · Hollywood · CGI · swamp · terror · franchise

mythology

serpent

Cunning, limbless reptile

  • legendUnverified traditional tale
  • folkloreInherited cultural narratives
  • monsterFrightening imaginary creature

indigenous · spirit · guardian · Amazon · shapeshifter · curse · tribal · mystical · sacred · feared

size

massive

Extremely large and heavy

girth · record · largest · enormous · bulk · muscular · powerful · specimen · formidable · colossal

Categories
Opposites
killing method

anacondasvenomous snakes

Reptiles with toxic bites

cobras · king cobras · rattlesnakes · vipers · black mambas

size among snakes

anacondasgarter snakes

Small striped serpents

Phrases
Family

anaconda

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G