whiptail

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whip·tail

noun \-ˌtāl\

Definition of WHIPTAIL

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

First Known Use of WHIPTAIL

1933

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