Associations to the word «Taipan»

Wiktionary

TAIPAN, noun. A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon. [from 19th c.]
TAIPAN, noun. Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea. [from 20th c.]

Dictionary definition

TAIPAN, noun. Large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia.

Wise words

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