Anaconda \An`a*con"da\, n. [Of Ceylonese origin?] (Zo["o]l.) A large South American snake of the Boa family ({Eunectes murinus}), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent ({Python tigris}) of Ceylon.
Eunectes murinus n : large arboreal boa of tropical South America [syn: {anaconda}]