coachwhip snake

2 definitions found

coachwhip snake - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Coachwhip snake \Coach"whip` snake"\ (Zool.)
     A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United
     States (Masticophis flagelliformis).
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged
           and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence
           the name.
           [1913 Webster]

coachwhip snake - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  coachwhip snake
      n 1: a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail
           resembles a braided whip [syn: coachwhip, coachwhip snake
           , Masticophis flagellum]