Bō'ä, n.

n. [Lat. boa, bova, a kind of water-serpent, which was supposed to suck cows, from bos, bovis, ox, cow; but probably so called from its size.]

1. (Zoöl.) A genus of serpents. It includes the largest species of serpent, the B. constrictor. Baird.
2. A round fur tippet; — so called from its resemblance to the boa constrictor.