whip snake
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whip snake
or whip·snake (wĭp′snāk′, hwĭp′-)n.
Any of several slender nonvenomous New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, having a long tail that resembles a whip.
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whip snake
orwhipsnake
n
1. (Animals) any of several long slender fast-moving nonvenomous snakes of the colubrid genus Coluber, such as C. hippocrepis (horseshoe whipsnake) of Eurasia
2. (Animals) any of various other slender nonvenomous snakes, such as Masticophis flagellum (coachwhip snake) of the US
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Noun | 1. | ![]() colubrid, 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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