boa constrictor (boakonstriktor)

name popularly applied to any large serpent of the family Boida or Pythonida: same as boa, 2. boalee (bō'a-lē), n. [ native name.] A fish of the family Silurid a, Wallago attu, which has been also named Silu rus boalis, inhabiting the fresh waters of India and Burma. It has a long body, deeply cleft mouth, forked caudal, very long anal, and small dorsal. It attains a length of about 6 feet, and is edible. In India the jawbone of the boalee fish (Silurus boalis) is employed by the natives about Docca. The teeth, being small, recurved, and closely set, act as a fine comb for carding cotton. Simmonds, Com. Products of the Sea, p. 255. Boanerges (bō-a-nėr ́jēz), n. pl. [LL., And he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder. Mark iii. 17. Hence-2. sing. A name sometimes given to a vociferous preacher or orator.