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 Definitions of taipan  [ˈtaɪ pæn]  

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Definition of 'taipan' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) taipan
(in China) the head of a foreign business.

2. (n.) taipan
a large, highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of New Guinea and N Australia.

Etymology:  (1930–35; < Wik-Munkan (Australian Aboriginal language), recorded as tay-pan)

Definition of 'taipan' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus
large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia

'taipan' - Nearby Entries  

tai nuea  taint  tainted  taipan  taipeh  taipei  taira  



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