TAIPAN

Taipan

The taipans are a genus, Oxyuranus, of large, fast-moving and highly venomous Australasian snakes of the elapid family. There are currently three recognized species, one of which, the coastal taipan, has two subspecies. The taipans are considered some of the most deadly known snakes.

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Tai-Pan

Tai-Pan is a 1986 film directed by Daryl Duke, loosely based on James Clavell's 1966 novel of the same name. While many of the same characters and plot twists are maintained, a few smaller occurrences are left out. Filmed under communist Chinese censorship, some portions of Clavell's story were considered too offensive to be filmed as written and considerable changes were made. The De Laurentiis Entertainment Group handled the production and were actively seen battling the Chinese Government and Labor boards over the film during shooting. The results fared poorly at the box office and in critical reviews. Director Daryl Duke believed that a mini-series à ...

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Tai-pan

A tai-pan is a senior business executive or entrepreneur operating in China or Hong Kong. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tai-pans were only foreign-born businessmen.

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taipan

Noun

  1. A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea.


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