Definitions
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- noun A long
whip used by thedriver of ahorse -drawncoach . - noun Masticophis flagellum, a
colubrid snake ofNorth America .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers
- noun a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip
Etymologies
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Examples
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He had been finely striped from nape to knees with something like a coachwhip, the weals crisscrossing neatly like hemstitching.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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Forest snakes include cottonmouth moccasin, copperhead, rough green snake, rat snake, coachwhip, and speckled kingsnake.
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We also saw a coachwhip which was not in the trap, but was just on the ground.
snake charmer WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008
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We also saw a coachwhip which was not in the trap, but was just on the ground.
Archive 2008-09-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008
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The coachwhip, a snake listed as endangered in Illinois, is restricted to Ecoregion 72l (Illinois Department of Natural Resources, on-line resource “b”; Illinois Natural History Survey, on-line resource).
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The lizards' main predator, the coachwhip snake, is a highly efficient hunter, and the lizards need just the right combination of traits to avoid being eaten.
Archive 2007-06-01 Staq Mavlen 2007
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The lizards' main predator, the coachwhip snake, is a highly efficient hunter, and the lizards need just the right combination of traits to avoid being eaten.
Designer Lizards Staq Mavlen 2007
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She walked into the woods with the coachwhip, using its long butt as a feeler in the dark.
Lord of the Isles 1997
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Nobody spares a rattlesnake, however much they might wish to let an innocent coachwhip or a common gartersnake get away.
The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island Lawrence J. Leslie
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I'd ruther a had uvry coachwhip on Round Hill arter me en full chase than to a bin in that drefful siteation.
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