whipsnake
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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`
or whip′ snake`,
n.
1. any of various long, slender, fast-moving snakes of the genus Masticophis, common in W North America.
2. any of various similar or related snakes.
[1765–75]
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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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