See Also: whiptail(dictionary)

whiptail (iou)



whiptail adjective & noun. L18.
[from WHIP noun + TAIL noun1.]
A. adjective. Designating any of various animals having a long slender tail. L18.
whiptail lizard any of various American lizards of the genus Cnemidophorus (family Teiidae). whiptail ray Austral. = whip-ray s.v. WHIP noun. whiptail wallaby a pale slender-shouldered wallaby, Macropus parryi, found in woodland in NE Australia; also called pretty-face (wallaby).
b. noun. A whiptail lizard, ray, wallaby, etc. Also (Austral.) a rattail. L19.