whiptail

whip·tail

 (wĭp′tāl′, hwĭp′-)

n.

Any of various swift teiid lizards chiefly of the genera Aspidoscelis and Cnemidophorus, having a long slender tail.

whiptail

(ˈwɪpˌteɪl)

n

(Animals) any of various lizard species from the genus Cnemidophorus with a slender, whip-like tail

whip•tail

(ˈʰwɪpˌteɪl, ˈwɪp-)

n.

1. any of numerous New World lizards of the family Teiidae, esp. of the genus Cnemidophorus, notable for great agility and alertness.

2. any of various other animals with a whiplike tail, as the whipscorpion.

[1765–75]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

whiptail - any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards whiptail lizard teiid, teiid lizard - tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail Cnemidophorus, genus Cnemidophorus - whiptails Cnemidophorus sexlineatus, race runner, racerunner, six-lined racerunner - very swift lizard of eastern and central United States Cnemidophorus velox, plateau striped whiptail - having distinct longitudinal stripes: of Colorado Plateau from Arizona to western Colorado Chihuahuan spotted whiptail, Cnemidophorus exsanguis - having longitudinal stripes overlaid with light spots; upland lizard of United States southwest and Mexico Cnemidophorus tigris, western whiptail - active lizard having a network of dusky dark markings; of semiarid areas from Oregon and Idaho to Baja California checkered whiptail, Cnemidophorus tesselatus - markings are darker and more marked than in western whiptail; from southeastern Colorado to eastern Chihuahua