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OXYURANUS SCUTELLATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oxyuranus scutellatus mean?
• OXYURANUS SCUTELLATUS (noun)
The noun OXYURANUS SCUTELLATUS has 1 sense:
1. large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia
Familiarity information: OXYURANUS SCUTELLATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OXYURANUS SCUTELLATUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Oxyuranus scutellatus; taipan
Hypernyms ("Oxyuranus scutellatus" is a kind of...):
elapid; elapid snake (any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres)
Holonyms ("Oxyuranus scutellatus" is a member of...):
genus Oxyuranus; Oxyuranus (taipans)
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