Meanings
nountiger snake (plural tiger snakes)
plural tiger snakes
- Any of several large venomous Australian snakes of the genus Notechis.
We found boa constrictors or pythons, whip snakes, the handsome but deadly tiger snake, so called from the peculiar marks on its skin[.]
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 94
Synonyms & antonyms
nounhighly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania
Similar
Notechis scutatus
Broader
elapidelapid snake
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan serp tigre
- serp tigrevenomous snake of the Notechis genus
Chinese Mandarin 虎蛇
- 虎蛇 (hǔshé)venomous snake of the Notechis genus
Finnish tiikerikäärme
- tiikerikäärmevenomous snake of the Notechis genus
German Tigerotter
- Tigerottervenomous snake of the Notechis genus
Korean 호랑이뱀
- 호랑이뱀 (horang'ibaem)venomous snake of the Notechis genus
Russian тигро́вая змея́
- тигро́вая змея́ (tigróvaja zmejá)venomous snake of the Notechis genus
Cite this entry
APA
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MLA
“tiger snake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiger%20snake. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tiger snake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiger%20snake.
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