English Explanatory Dictionary

anaconda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America.
  2. The green anaconda, Eunectes murinus.
  3. A large penis.
  4. A pattern morph of hognose snake that results in fewer but larger spots and often a completely black belly.
  5. A hognose snake of this morph.
  6. A contrabass serpent, a kind of musical instrument.
noun
  1. A particular variety of stud poker.
name
  1. A ghost town in the Boundary Country district, British Columbia, Canada.
  2. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States, situated at the foot of the Anaconda Range.

Pronunciation

/ˌænəˈkɒndə/ /ˌænəˈkɑndə/ En-us-anaconda.ogg /ˌɛə̯nəˈkɑndə/ /ˌeə̯nəˈkɑndə/

Word forms

anaconda anacondas

Etymology

From New Latin anacandaia (“python”), originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, “whip snake”), from හෙණ (heṇa, “lightning, thunderbolt”) + කඳ (kaⁿda, “stem, trunk, body”) or from Tamil ஆனைக்கொன்றான் (āṉaikkoṉṟāṉ, “having killed an elephant”), from ஆனை (āṉai, “elephant”) + கொன்றான் (koṉṟāṉ, “having killed”).

Synonyms

pass the trash

Derived words

anaconda mortgage yellow anaconda

Translations

Arabic: أَنَاكُنْدَة Asturian: anaconda Azerbaijani: anakonda Belarusian: анако́нда Borôro: jure Bulgarian: анако́нда Catalan: anaconda Chinese Mandarin: 大水蟒 Chinese Mandarin: 森蚺 Czech: anakonda Danish: anakonda Dutch: anaconda Esperanto: anakondo Finnish: anakonda French: anaconda German: Anakonda Greek: ανακόντα Ido: anakondo Irish: anacanda Italian: anaconda Japanese: アナコンダ Korean: 아나콘다 Marathi: आणणे and कोंडणे Persian: آناکوندا Polish: anakonda Portuguese: sucuri Portuguese: anaconda Quechua: yakumama Romanian: anaconda Russian: анако́нда Serbo-Croatian: анаконда Serbo-Croatian: anakonda Spanish: anaconda Spanish: yacumama Sranan Tongo: aboma Swedish: anakonda Tagalog: anakonda Tamil: ஆனைக்கொன்றான் Thai: อนาคอนดา Turkish: anakonda Ukrainian: анако́нда Welsh: neidr
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