whiptail en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈ(h)wɪpteɪ(ə)l/
Etymology
From whip + tail.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Any of many New World lizards, of the family Teiidae, that have long, slender tails.
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(countable, uncountable) A fish, blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae).
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.
2009 September 10, William J. Broad, “From Deep Pacific, Ugly and Tasty, With a Catch”, in New York Times:
- (uncountable) A leaf-distorting disorder in the cauliflower, caused by molybdenum deficiency.
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(countable, uncountable) A pretty-faced wallaby (Macropus parryi).
Social status may be less important to red-necked wallabies, which, unlike whiptails, are "essentially solitary" (McEvoy 1970).
1977, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, volume 4, number 4, page 409:
- (countable, uncountable) A catfish of species Dasyloricaria filamentosa.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| whiptails | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
New Mexico whiptail · Laredo striped whiptail · whiptail stingray · whiptail wallaby · Central American whiptail · whiptail disorder · orange-throated whiptail · globehead whiptail · whiptail disease · Christmas Island whiptail skink · Texas spotted whiptail · whiptail gulper
Translations (1)
mi hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)