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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several slender nonvenomous New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, having a long tail that resembles a whip.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of various serpents of long, slender form, likened to that of a whip-lash.
- noun An Australian poisonous snake, Hoplocephalus flagellum, about a foot long.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails
- noun any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails
- noun any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails
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