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Plural of boa

regular plural

The plural of boa is boas.

Forms of boa

Singularboa /ˈbəʊ.ə/
Pluralboas
Countablecountable

Boas in a sentence

  • Other ophiuroids are more delicate: they pick, feel and spread themselves over corals, gorgonians and other organisms like courtesans in feather boas.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 48. From the entry ophiuroid

Meaning of boa

  1. noun Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico.
  2. noun A type of long scarf; typically made from synthetic or real feathers (or occasionally fur), and usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck.

Full definition of boa

Questions about the plural of boa

What is the plural of boa?
The plural of boa is boas.
Is boa countable?
Boa is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boa (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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