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tiger snake

noun

  1. 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).


tiger snake

noun

  1. a highly venomous brown-and-yellow elapid snake, Notechis scutatus, of Australia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tiger snake1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

The snake that he killed was of a poisonous kind,—the tiger snake, which has already been mentioned.

A dangerous tiger-snake was killed on the day of our arrival.

There appeared also a very beautiful goddess called the Deer, and surnamed the Tiger-Snake.

Thus an old woman sleeping in a shed is awakened at daylight by a tiger snake having fastened on to her wrist.

When we came out, my father pointed to a tiger-snake, saying, 'That is your familiar.

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