Search Result for "coachwhip_snake":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip;
[syn: coachwhip, coachwhip snake, Masticophis flagellum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coachwhip snake \Coach"whip` snake"\ (Zool.) A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis). [1913 Webster] Note: Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence the name. [1913 Webster]
