| whip snake n. 1. Any of several slender nonvenomous New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, having a long tail that resembles a whip. 2. Any of several similar or related snakes. |
whip snake
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several long slender fast-moving nonvenomous snakes of the colubrid genus Coluber, such as C. hippocrepis (horseshoe whipsnake) of Eurasia
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various other slender nonvenomous snakes, such as Masticophis flagellum (coachwhip snake) of the US
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| Noun | 1. |  whip snake - any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tailscolubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes genus Masticophis, Masticophis - whip snakes coachwhip snake, Masticophis flagellum, coachwhip - a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip California whipsnake, Masticophis lateralis, striped racer - a whipsnake of scrublands and rocky hillsides Masticophis bilineatus, Sonoran whipsnake - both terrestrial and arboreal snake of United States southwest |
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