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taipan (2)

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taipan2 /ˈtīˌpan, ˈtaɪˌpæn /
noun a large brown highly venomous Australian snake.
Genus Oxyuranus, family Elapidae: two species, in particular O. scutellatus.
– ORIGIN from Wik Mungkan (an Aboriginal language of North Queensland) dhayban.
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