whiptail

English

a whiptail(1) (Cnemidophorus aridensis

Etymology

From whip +‎ tail.

Noun

whiptail (countable and uncountable, plural whiptails)

1. Any of many New World lizards, of the family Teiidae, that have long, slender tails.
2. A fish, blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae).
   • 2009 September 10, William J. Broad, “From Deep Pacific, Ugly and Tasty, With a Catch”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     One of the most popular is the hoki, or whiptail, a bug-eyed specimen found far down in the waters around New Zealand and transformed into a major export.

3. (uncountable) A leaf-distorting disorder in the cauliflower, caused by molybdenum deficiency.
4. A pretty-faced wallaby (Macropus parryi).
   • 1977, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, volume 4, number 4, page 409:

     Social status may be less important to red-necked wallabies, which, unlike whiptails, are "essentially solitary" (McEvoy 1970).

5. A catfish of species Dasyloricaria filamentosa.

Derived terms

• Central American whiptail
• Christmas Island whiptail skink
• Laredo striped whiptail
• New Mexico whiptail
• orange-throated whiptail
• Texas spotted whiptail
• whiptail disease
• whiptail disorder
• whiptail gulper
• whiptail stingray

 

Translations

Macruronus novaezelandiae

• Maori: hoki

Anagrams

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