whip snake
Any of the slender snakes of diverse genera and speciesAny of the slender snakes of diverse genera and species: Genus Ahaetulla native to southern Asia and parts of Oceania.
Meaning
9 sensesAny of the slender snakes of diverse genera and species:
Genus Ahaetulla native to southern Asia and parts of Oceania.
Genus Demansia, native to Australia, Papua New Guinea, and nearby islands
Genus Hemorrhois, native to the western Mediterranean, west, central, and southern Asia
Genus Hierophis, native to southern Europe
Genus Masticophis, native to the Americas
Species Suta dwyeri, found in Australia from New South Wales to South Queensland
White-lipped snake (Drysdalia coronoides), found in Tasmania and southeastern Australia.
Caspian whipsnake (Dolichophis caspius), found in the Balkans and Eastern Europe
Red whip snake (Platyceps collaris), found in Bulgaria and the Levant
- any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails
Forms
plural: whip snakes| Singular | whip snake |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails:whip-snakewhipsnake
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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