whip snake

/ˌwɪp ˈsneɪk/

/ˌhwɪp ˈsneɪk/

Other forms: whip snakes

Definitions of whip snake

1. noun

   any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails
   synonyms: whip-snake, whipsnake

   types:

   Masticophis flagellum, coachwhip, coachwhip snake

   a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip

   California whipsnake, Masticophis lateralis, striped racer

   a whipsnake of scrublands and rocky hillsides

   Masticophis bilineatus, Sonoran whipsnake

   both terrestrial and arboreal snake of United States southwest

   type of:

   colubrid, colubrid snake

   mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes