OXYURANUS SCUTELLATUS

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Meaning:

Large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia

Synonyms:

Oxyuranus scutellatus; taipan

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Oxyuranus scutellatus" is a kind of...):

elapid; elapid snake (any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres)

Holonyms ("Oxyuranus scutellatus" is a member of...):

genus Oxyuranus; Oxyuranus (taipans)

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