tiger snake

English

a tiger snake, Notechis scutanus

Noun

Wikispecies tiger snake (plural tiger snakes)

1. 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