taipan
1 of 2noun (1)
tai·pan ˈtī-ˌpan 
ˈtī-ˈpän
ˈtī-ˈpän : a powerful businessman and especially formerly a foreigner living and operating in Hong Kong or China
taipan
2 of 2noun (2)
tai·pan ˈtī-ˌpan
: an exceedingly venomous elapid snake (Oxyuranus scutellatus) of northern Australia and New Guinea
also : a related snake (O. microlepidotus)
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Chinese (Guangdong) daaih-bāan, from daaih big + bāan class
Noun (2)
Wik Munkan (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) dhayban
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1834, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1933, in the meaning defined above
taipan
noun
as in cobra
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- cobra
- rattlesnake
- mamba
- copperhead
- krait
- python
- anaconda
- bushmaster
- boa
- adder
- viper
- pit viper
- constrictor
- racer
- horned viper
- blacksnake
- hognose snake
- moccasin
- asp
- fer-de-lance
- diamondback rattlesnake
- gopher snake
- black racer
- worm snake
- sea snake
- sidewinder
- coral snake
- sea serpent
- garter snake
- pine snake
- water snake
- bull snake
- puff adder
- green snake
- cottonmouth moccasin
- indigo snake
- milk snake
- rat snake
- blue racer
- king cobra
- chicken snake
- king snake
- water moccasin
- snake
- serpent
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- architectural projected window
- architecturally
- architecture
- architectures
- architeuthes
- Architeuthis
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- architomy
- architrave
- architraved
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