coachwhip : Idioms & Phrases

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coachwhip snake

  • noun a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip
    Masticophis flagellum; coachwhip.
WordNet
Coach"whip` snake"
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis). ✍ Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence the name.
Webster 1913