aboma

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English[edit]

Boa constrictor
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Etymology[edit]

From Sranan Tongo aboma, from Fanti Akan aboma (“large constricting snake”), perhaps via French aboma.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈboʊ.mə/
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Noun[edit]

aboma (plural abomas)

  1. Any of the large South American serpents from the genus Boa or related genera.

Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Fanti Akan aboma.

Noun[edit]

aboma

  1. anaconda
  2. Any of various other large constrictors, aboma.

Hypernyms[edit]

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