| English Dictionary |
TAIPAN
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does taipan mean?
• TAIPAN (noun)
The noun TAIPAN has 1 sense:
1. large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia
Familiarity information: TAIPAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Oxyuranus scutellatus; taipan
Hypernyms ("taipan" is a kind of...):
elapid; elapid snake (any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres)
Holonyms ("taipan" is a member of...):
genus Oxyuranus; Oxyuranus (taipans)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"A good beginning makes a good ending." (English proverb)
"There is no death, only a change of worlds." (Native American proverb, Duwamish)
"Three feet of ice does not result from one day of freezing weather." (Chinese proverb)
"He who injures with the sword will be finished by the sword." (Corsican proverb)
"There is no death, only a change of worlds." (Native American proverb, Duwamish)
"Three feet of ice does not result from one day of freezing weather." (Chinese proverb)
"He who injures with the sword will be finished by the sword." (Corsican proverb)