whipsnake
or whip snake
Origin of whipsnake
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How to use whipsnake in a sentence
Volstruis spread out his beautiful wings and swayed from side to side, his beak open and his neck twisting like a whip-snake.
Outa Karel's Stories | Sanni MetelerkampSuddenly, a slight hiss, like that of the whip snake, was audible from the top of the tree to which the young man was fastened.
The Trapper's Daughter | Gustave AimardThe last snake we will mention is the coach-whip snake, belonging to the family of Dryadidae.
The Western World | W.H.G. KingstonOf the venomous species, there are the golden snake, the whip-snake, and the tamagas—the bite of which is considered deadly.
The Western World | W.H.G. KingstonThe emerald whip snake (Philodryas viridissimus) is one of the most beautiful.
The Western World | W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for whip snake
any of several long slender fast-moving nonvenomous snakes of the colubrid genus Coluber, such as C. hippocrepis (horseshoe whipsnake) of Eurasia
any of various other slender nonvenomous snakes, such as Masticophis flagellum (coachwhip snake) of the US
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