TAIPAN


Meaning of TAIPAN in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' t ī - ˌ pan

Function: noun

Etymology: Wik Munkan (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) dhayban

Date: 1933

: an exceedingly venomous elapid snake ( Oxyuranus scutellatus ) of northern Australia and New Guinea also : a related snake ( O. microlepidotus )

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