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Definition of Boa

Boa

  1. A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques).
  2. A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.

Boa Quotations

Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.
Noel Coward

Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather boa!
Allen Ginsberg

He and I were about as compatible as a rat and a boa constrictor.
Stevie Nicks

Where I get bored is when I show up for a shoot and they want me to wear a feather boa. Too obvious a thing for a poof on the telly to do.
Graham Norton

Evil is unintelligible. It is just a thing in itself, like boarding a crowded commuter train wearing only a giant boa constrictor. There is no context which would make it explicable.
Terry Eagleton
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Boa Translations

boa in Dutch is boa
boa in French is boa
boa in Spanish is boa

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