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# taipan

noun (a taipan, taipans); noun (taipan — history, a business boss)

«taipan» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A large, very venomous snake from Australia and New Guinea; the inland taipan has the strongest venom of any land snake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taipan/#m1)
2. (history, Hong Kong and China) A powerful head of a foreign business company in the 1800s and early 1900s. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taipan/#m2)

### In the lessons

In nature and safety lessons in Australia, the coastal taipan and inland taipan (fierce snake) are well known; the inland taipan is shy and lives in remote areas, so bites are very rare. Safety: if you see a snake, stay still and back away; call 000 for a bite. Phrases: «inland taipan», «coastal taipan», «fierce snake».

### Examples

- The inland taipan has the strongest venom of any land snake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taipan/#x1)
- Taipans live in Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taipan/#x2)
- The ranger said the taipan is shy and avoids people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taipan/#x3)
- A taipan bite needs urgent medical help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taipan/#x4)
- The coastal taipan hunts rats in sugar cane fields. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taipan/#x5)
- In old Hong Kong, a taipan ran a big trading company. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taipan/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Pronounced TY-pan. Safety: never touch any snake; in Australia, keep still, use a pressure bandage and call 000 after a bite. Myth: taipans are not aggressive hunters of people; they bite in self-defence.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «taipan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taipan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«taipan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/taipan.html) on Mova free.