Taipan
noun
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(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
noun
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a highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of New Guinea and northern Australia, that grows to a length of from 10 to 12 feet (3.1 to 3.7 meters).
noun
1.
a large highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of NE Australia
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the foreign head of a business in China
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