Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Any of many New World lizards, of the family Teiidae, that have long, slender tails.

    any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards

  2. (countable, uncountable)A fish, blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae).

  3. (uncountable)A leaf-distorting disorder in the cauliflower, caused by molybdenum deficiency.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A pretty-faced wallaby (Macropus parryi).

  5. (countable, uncountable)A catfish of species Dasyloricaria filamentosa.

Origin

From whip + tail.

From whip + tail.

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Forms

plural: whiptails
Singularwhiptail
Pluralwhiptails

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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