Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiger snake

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: tiger s-nake
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several large venomous Australian snakes of the genus Notechis.

Example Sentences

"We found boa constrictors or pythons, whip snakes, the handsome but deadly tiger snake, so called from the peculiar marks on its skin[.]"

Inflected Forms

tiger snakes (plural)

Synonyms

notechis scutatus

Questions

What does tiger snake mean?: Any of several large venomous Australian snakes of the genus Notechis.

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