anaconda
/ˌænəˈkɒndə/noun
1- a semiaquatic snake of the boa family which may grow to a great size, native to tropical South America水蚺, 森蚺。
1.1
- Genus Eunectes, family Boidae: several species, in particular the green anaconda (E. murinus).水蚺属, 蟒科：数种, 尤指水蚺（拉丁名E. murinus）。
词源
mid 18th cent. (originally denoting a kind of Sri Lankan snake)： unexplained alteration of Latin anacandaia 'python'， from Sinhalese henakaňdayā 'whip snake'， from hena 'lightning' + kaňda 'stem'.