python

A python is a large nonvenomous snake that kills prey by constriction, wrapping its muscular body around victims and squeezing until they suffocate.

Pythons are found in tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia, with some species reaching over twenty feet in length.

A Burmese python had escaped from someone's exotic pet collection.

The word also describes anything that coils or constricts like the snake. (Capitalized Python is the programming language or the comedy troupe.)