tiger snake

English

a tiger snake, Notechis scutanus

Noun

Wikispecies tiger snake (plural tiger snakes)

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

Translations

venemous snake of the Notechis genus

Catalan: serp tigre f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 虎蛇 (hǔshé)
Finnish: tiikerikäärme
German: Tigerotter (de) f
Korean: 호랑이뱀 (horang'ibaem)
Ngadjuri: arkubi
Ngarrindjeri: prangkiku
Nukunu: wangku

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