Boa - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From Latin boa (“a large snake”).

Boa f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Boidae – boa constrictors.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Booidea – superfamily; Boidae – family; Boinae - subfamily

• (genus): Boa constrictor - sole species

Boa (plural Boas or Boa)

1. A member of a Bwa-speaking ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

   Synonym: Ababua

• ABO, BAO, Åbo, bao, a.o.b., AOB, Oba., OAB, Bao, oba, Abo, abo, OBA, A/B/O

• Baa (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)
• Boan (Southern Bavarian, Tyrol)

From Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Compare German Bein and Gebeine, Dutch been, English bone, Danish ben.

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɔɐ̯/

Boa n (plural Boana, diminutive Boanl or Boanerl) (West Central Bavarian)

1. (anatomy) bone

Borrowed from Latin boa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːa/

Boa f (genitive Boa, plural Boas)

1. boa

From Middle Low German bar, bāre, from Old Saxon bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō (“bear”). Cognate with Dutch beer, German Bär, English bear, Icelandic björn.

Boa m (plural Boaren or Boare)

1. bear

From Low German bohren, from Middle Low German bōren, from Old Saxon borōn, from Proto-Germanic *burōną (“to bore”).

Compare Dutch boor, English bore.

Boa n (plural Boasch)

1. drill
2. auger