"tiger snake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Wikispecies tiger snake [canonical], tiger snakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tiger snake (plural tiger snakes)
  1. Any of several large venomous Australian snakes of the genus Notechis. Wikipedia link: tiger snake Categories (lifeform): Elapid snakes Translations (venemous snake of the Notechis genus): serp tigre [feminine] (Catalan), 虎蛇 (hǔshé) (Chinese Mandarin), tiikerikäärme (Finnish), Tigerotter [feminine] (German), 호랑이뱀 (horang'ibaem) (Korean), arkubi (Ngadjuri), prangkiku (Ngarrindjeri), wangku (Nukunu)

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