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WHIP SNAKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails
Synonyms:
whip-snake; whip snake; whipsnake
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("whip snake" is a kind of...):
colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whip snake"):
coachwhip; coachwhip snake; Masticophis flagellum (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)
Holonyms ("whip snake" is a member of...):
genus Masticophis; Masticophis (whip snakes)
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