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whiptail
noun whip·tail \-ˌtāl\
Definition of WHIPTAIL
: any of various long slender American lizards (genus Cnemidophorus) having a whiplike tail and including some forms that are parthenogenetic
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First Known Use of WHIPTAIL
1933
Rhymes with WHIPTAIL
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