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tiger snake

tiger snake noun: any of several large venomous Australian snakes of the genus Notechis.

tiger snake: any of several large venomous Australian snakes of the genus Notechis
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Noun

tiger snake (plural tiger snakes)

  1. Any of several large venomous Australian snakes of the genus Notechis.
    • We found boa constrictors or pythons, whip snakes, the handsome but deadly tiger snake, so called from the peculiar marks on its skin[.]1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 94

Forms of tiger snake

pluraltiger snakes

Questions about tiger snake

What does tiger snake mean?
Tiger snake means any of several large venomous Australian snakes of the genus Notechis.
What part of speech is tiger snake?
Tiger snake is a noun.
What is the plural of tiger snake?
The plural of tiger snake is tiger snakes.

Words near tiger snake in the dictionary

  1. tiger sauce
  2. tiger shark
  3. tiger sharks
  4. tiger show
  5. tiger shows
  6. tiger snake
  7. tiger snakes
  8. tiger snooze
  9. tiger snout seahorse
  10. tiger snout seahorses
  11. tiger stripe

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