camoodi

noun

ca·​moo·​di

variants or less commonly camoodie or camoudie

kəˈmüdē

plural -s

: any large tropical American constricting snake

some huge camoodi, able to crush my bones like brittle twigs in its constricting coils

—W. H. Hudson †1922

Word History

Etymology

Arawak kamudu

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