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whiptail

noun whip·tail \-ˌtāl\

Definition of WHIPTAIL

:  any of various long slender American lizards (genus Cnemidophorus) having a whiplike tail and including some forms that are parthenogenetic
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First Known Use of WHIPTAIL

1933

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