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TIGER SNAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tiger snake mean?
• TIGER SNAKE (noun)
The noun TIGER SNAKE has 1 sense:
1. highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania
Familiarity information: TIGER SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Notechis scutatus; tiger snake
Hypernyms ("tiger snake" is a kind of...):
elapid; elapid snake (any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres)
Holonyms ("tiger snake" is a member of...):
genus Notechis; Notechis (tiger snakes)
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