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Definition of Anacondas
1. anaconda [n] - See also: anaconda
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anacondas
Literary usage of Anacondas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Nature Under the Tropics; Or, Sketches of Travels Among the Andes by Henry Morris Myers, Philip Van Ness Myers (1871)
"Crocodiles and anacondas, with other reptilian monsters, which lie buried in the
dry mud of the Llanos during the months of drought, ..."
2. The Andes and the Amazon: Or, Across the Continent of South America by James Orton (1870)
"Peccaries.—Indian Tribes on the Lower Napo.—anacondas and Howling Monkeys.—Insect
Pests.— Battle with Ants.—Barometric Anomaly.—First View of the Amazon. ..."
3. Equatorial America: Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique by Maturin Murray Ballou (1892)
"Young anacondas, sometimes ten feet long, are kept in and about the dwellings,
to catch and drive away the ... We had never heard of anacondas employed as ..."
4. The Great Mountains and Forests of South America by Paul Fountain (1904)
"anacondas which are frequently found floating in Brazilian rivers owe their death
to the former reptiles. The tail of the anaconda is prehensile; that is, ..."
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