coachwhip snake

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coachwhip snake(n = noun.animal) coachwhip, masticophis flagellum - a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip;

is a kind of whip-snake, whip snake, whipsnake

coachwhip snake,

A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis). [1913 Webster]

" Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence the name." [1913 Webster]