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anaconda noun. Also anacondo. M18.
[Unexpl. alt. of Latin anacandaia python, for Sinhalese henaka&nbreve;daya whip snake, perh. from he&nbreve;a lightning + kanda stem.]
Orig., a large python of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Now, a S. American boa of the genus Eunectes, esp. the very large, semi-aquatic E. murinus. Also loosely, any large constricting snake.