taipan

taipan

1. taipaani

Synonyymisanakirja

taipan

myrkkytarhakäärme, taipaanit, taipaanien suku, taipaani, Oxyuranus scutellatus.

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Englannin sanakirja

taipan (englanti > suomi)

1. myrkkytarhakäärme, taipaanit

taipan englanniksi

1. A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon. (defdate)

2. 1922, (w), "The Taipan":

Of course it was very sad, but the taipan could hardly help a smile when he thought how many of these young fellows he had drunk underground.

3. 1977, (w), The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 438:

The British taipans stood in one sodden circle with their womenfolk, like bored officers at a garrison get-together.

4. Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea. (defdate)

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