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单词 tiger snake
释义

tiger snake


noun

either of two highly venomous snakes, Notechis scutatus and N. ater, of Australia and Tasmania, that grow to a length of 5 feet (1.5 meters).

Origin of tiger snake

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby tiger snake

tiger mother, tiger prawn, tiger salamander, tiger's-eye, tiger shark, tiger snake, tiger swallowtail, Tiger! Tiger! burning bright, Tiggerish, tight, tight as a drum
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Example sentences from the Web for tiger snake

  • When we came out, my father pointed to a tiger-snake, saying, 'That is your familiar.

    Anthropology|Robert Marett
  • There appeared also a very beautiful goddess called the Deer, and surnamed the Tiger-Snake.

    The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3|Hubert Howe Bancroft

British Dictionary definitions for tiger snake

tiger snake

noun

a highly venomous brown-and-yellow elapid snake, Notechis scutatus, of Australia
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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