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TIGER SNAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tiger snake mean? 

TIGER SNAKE (noun)
  The noun TIGER SNAKE has 1 sense:

1. highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmaniaplay

  Familiarity information: TIGER SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TIGER SNAKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Notechis scutatus; tiger snake

Hypernyms ("tiger snake" is a kind of...):

elapid; elapid snake (any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres)

Holonyms ("tiger snake" is a member of...):

genus Notechis; Notechis (tiger snakes)


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