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coachwhip snake

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coach⋅whip

[kohch-hwip, -wip]
–noun
1. a whip, usually having a long lash, used in driving a coach horse.
2. Also called coachwhip snake. a long, slender snake, Masticophis flagellum, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, having a thin tail resembling a braided whip.

Origin:
1730–40; coach + whip
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coachwhip snake

noun
a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip [syn: coachwhip
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