tai·pan 1 (t  p n )n. 1. A foreign businessman or a trader in China. 2. A foreigner who is a chief executive of a business or company operating in China; a tycoon. [Chinese (Cantonese) taaî-paan, eminent businessman, head of a firm, equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) tái, big + b  n, class.] |
| tai·pan 2 (tpn) n. A large, extremely venomous elapid snake (Oxyuranus scutellatus) of Australia and New Guinea, having long fangs and large venom glands. [Wik-Mungan (Aboriginal language of northeast Australia) dhayban.] |
taipan1
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of NE Australia
[from a native Australian language]
taipan2
n
(Business / Commerce) the foreign head of a business in China
[from dialectal form of Chinese tai great + ban company, class]
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| Noun | 1. | taipan - large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia elapid, elapid snake - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres genus Oxyuranus, Oxyuranus - taipans |
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