taipan

tai·pan

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Definitions of taipan word

noun taipan a highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of New Guinea and northern Australia, that grows to a length of from 10 to 12 feet (3.1 to 3.7 meters). 1
noun taipan a large highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of NE Australia 0
noun taipan the foreign head of a business in China 0
noun taipan a deadly venomous snake (Oxyuranus scutellatus) of the cobra family, found mainly in Australia 0

before 1895

One of the 18% newest English words

1895-1900; < dialectal Chinese (compare Guangdong dial. daaih-bāan), akin to Chinese dàbǎn (dà great + bǎn company, class)

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