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taipan
tai·pan 1 T0019200 (tī′păn′)n.1. A powerful businessman in China or Southeast Asia.2. The head of a British trading company in colonial Hong Kong.
[Cantonese daai6 baan1, eminent businessman, head of a firm, Cantonese, daai6, big, great (from Middle Chinese tɦaj`; also the source of Mandarin dà), Cantonese baan1, class (from Middle Chinese pa⋮n, division, class; see honcho).]
tai·pan 2 T0019250 (tī′păn)n. Any of several large brown venomous elapid snakes of the genus Oxyuranus of Australia and New Guinea, especially O. scutellatus.
[Wik-Mungkan (Pama-Nyungan language of northeast Australia) dhay-ban.]taipan (ˈtaɪˌpæn) n (Animals) a large highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of NE Australia[C20: from a native Australian language]
taipan (ˈtaɪˌpæn) n (Commerce) the foreign head of a business in China[C19: from dialectal form of Chinese tai great + ban company, class]tai•pan1 (ˈtaɪ pæn)
n. (in China) the head of a foreign business. [1825–35; < Chinese (Guangdong dial.) daaih-bāan, akin to Chinese dàbǎn=dà great + bǎn company, class] tai•pan2 (ˈtaɪ pæn)
n. a large, highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of New Guinea and N Australia. [1930–35; < Wik-Munkan (Australian Aboriginal language), recorded as tay-pan] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | taipan - large highly venomous snake of northeastern AustraliaOxyuranus scutellatuselapid, elapid snake - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheresgenus Oxyuranus, Oxyuranus - taipans |
taipan
taipan1 a large highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of NE Australia
taipan2 the foreign head of a business in China taipan
taipan (tī-pan'), A highly venomous (and most dangerous) snake in its geographic range. The coastal taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus is found in northern and northeastern Australia and O. microlepidotus, the inland taipan, is found in New Guinea and the interior of Australia. Inland strain may be up to 10 ft long, whereas the coastal strain is usually no longer than 7 ft.taipan (tī′păn)n. Any of several large brown venomous elapid snakes of the genus Oxyuranus of Australia and New Guinea, especially O. scutellatus.FinancialSeeTai-Pantaipan
Related to taipan: black mambaSynonyms for taipannoun large highly venomous snake of northeastern AustraliaSynonymsRelated Words- elapid
- elapid snake
- genus Oxyuranus
- Oxyuranus
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