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whip snake
noun
- any of several long slender fast-moving nonvenomous snakes of the colubrid genus Coluber, such as C. hippocrepis ( horseshoe whipsnake ) of Eurasia
- any of various other slender nonvenomous snakes, such as Masticophis flagellum ( coachwhip snake ) of the US
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Volstruis spread out his beautiful wings and swayed from side to side, his beak open and his neck twisting like a whip-snake.
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Suddenly, a slight hiss, like that of the whip snake, was audible from the top of the tree to which the young man was fastened.
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The last snake we will mention is the coach-whip snake, belonging to the family of Dryadidae.
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Of the venomous species, there are the golden snake, the whip-snake, and the tamagas—the bite of which is considered deadly.
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The emerald whip snake (Philodryas viridissimus) is one of the most beautiful.
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