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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
anaconda /ˌanəˈkɒndə/

▶noun a very large semiaquatic snake of the boa family, native to tropical South America. [Eunectes murinus and other species.]

– origin C18 (orig. denoting a kind of Sri Lankan snake): alt. of L. anacandaia ‘python’, from Sinhalese henakaňdayā.

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