Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whiptail

/ˈ(h)wɪpteɪ(ə)l/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: whip-tail
IPA: /ˈ(h)wɪpteɪ(ə)l/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many New World lizards, of the family Teiidae, that have long, slender tails.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A fish, blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A leaf-distorting disorder in the cauliflower, caused by molybdenum deficiency.

Uncountable

noun

A pretty-faced wallaby (Macropus parryi).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A catfish of species Dasyloricaria filamentosa.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From whip + tail.

Usage

Inflected Forms

whiptails (plural)

Phrases

Central American whiptail Christmas Island whiptail skink globehead whiptail Laredo striped whiptail New Mexico whiptail orange-throated whiptail Texas spotted whiptail whiptail disease

Synonyms

whiptail lizard

Questions

How do you pronounce whiptail?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈ(h)wɪpteɪ(ə)l/.
What does whiptail mean?: Any of many New World lizards, of the family Teiidae, that have long, slender tails.
Where does whiptail come from?: From whip + tail.

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