taipan

noun

1. (in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.

noun

1. 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

noun

1. the foreign head of a business in China