a deadly venomous snake (Oxyuranus scutellatus) of the cobra family, found mainly in Australia
Origin of taipan
from name in a language of Australiataipan
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taipan
noun
- A powerful businessman in China or Southeast Asia.
- The head of a British trading company in colonial Hong Kong.
Origin of taipan
Cantonese daai6 baan1 eminent businessman, head of a firm Cantonese, daai6 big, great ( from Middle Chinese t&hhook;aj` ) ( also the source of Mandarin dà )Cantonese baan1 class ( from Middle Chinese pa&tricolon;n division, class ; see honcho . )noun
Any of several large brown venomous elapid snakes of the genus Oxyuranus of Australia and New Guinea, especially O. scutellatus.
Origin of taipan
Wik-Mungkan (Pama-Nyungan language of northeast Australia) dhay-banTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
From Mandarin 大ç (dà bÄn, “big shot, rich businessman").
Noun
(plural taipans)
Origin
From the name of the Thaypan tribe of Aboriginal people of central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.
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taipan - Medical Definition
n.
Any of several large brown venomous elapid snakes of the genus Oxyuranus of Australia and New Guinea, especially O. scutellatus.
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