Word

whip-snake, n.

any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails
<noun.animal>

whip snake whip-snake whipsnake

semantic pointers

hypernym

colubrid snake, colubrid

member holonym

Masticophis, genus Masticophis

hyponym

coachwhip, coachwhip snake, Masticophis flagellum California whipsnake, striped racer, Masticophis lateralis Sonoran whipsnake, Masticophis bilineatus