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noun
either of two highly venomous snakes, Notechis scutatus and N. ater, of Australia and Tasmania, that grow to a length of 5 feet (1.5 meters).
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Origin of tiger snake
First recorded in 1870â75
Words nearby tiger snake
tiger mother,
tiger prawn,
tiger salamander,
tiger's-eye,
tiger shark,
tiger snake,
tiger swallowtail,
Tiger! Tiger! burning bright,
Tiggerish,
tight,
tight as a drum Dictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use tiger snake in a sentence
All of the big cats have a special mystique, but perhaps none more so than the tiger.
In March, police arrested a group of wealthy businessmen and government officials who were about to dine on illegal tiger meat.
âI was watching âDaniel The Tigerâ with my kid and I heard two shots like âboom-boom,ââ he said.
Tiger Lily and her tribe, however, were outfitted in semi-realistic outfits (read: nearly naked).
In other news, black and white pin-up shots are now officially less valuable than life-size Tiger Beat tear outs.
The moment the bait was touched, down would come the heavy timberâsmashâon the tiger's head.
Tiger-hunting, by the way, was considered great sport by Yung Pak's father.
He heard Mohammedans alluding to a Brahmin as a leaderâso might a wolf and a snake make common alliance against a watch dog.
On his loins was a lion of great fierceness, and coiled round his waist was a hissing mamba (snake).
The fresh imprint of a tiger's paw upon the pathway gives the same sort of feel to the Indian herdsman.
British Dictionary definitions for tiger snake
noun
a highly venomous brown-and-yellow elapid snake, Notechis scutatus, of Australia
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