whiptail
noun
whip·tail
ˈ(h)wip-ˌtāl 
: any of various long slender American lizards (genera Aspidoscelis and Cnemidophorus) having a whiplike tail and including some forms that are parthenogenetic
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Western whiptails flitted across the trail and onto rocks.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
The New England Aquarium is home to two male leopard whiptail rays, one weighing in at 140 pounds and the other at a whopping 162 pounds.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
24 Dec. 2025
Much about the lifestyle of Buckup’s whiptail catfish remains unknown.
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Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
Matthew Fujita, a UTA biology professor and the center’s curator of herpetology, uses the collection to study parthenogenesis, a wacky way that certain female whiptail lizards reproduce by cloning themselves.
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Dallas News,
3 Nov. 2022
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Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
The New England Aquarium is home to two male leopard whiptail rays, one weighing in at 140 pounds and the other at a whopping 162 pounds.
—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
24 Dec. 2025
Much about the lifestyle of Buckup’s whiptail catfish remains unknown.
—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
Matthew Fujita, a UTA biology professor and the center’s curator of herpetology, uses the collection to study parthenogenesis, a wacky way that certain female whiptail lizards reproduce by cloning themselves.
—
Dallas News,
3 Nov. 2022
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“Whiptail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whiptail. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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