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Meanings of coachwhip in English

Desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers.

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A whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip.

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Examples for "coachwhip snake"
Examples for "coachwhip snake"
1
A great long coachwhip snake was wrapped 'round him, his arms and all, and whooping him with its tail.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
Usage of coachwhip in English
1
Raff was startled next to see a coachwhip.
Anthill: a novel
2
A great long coachwhip snake was wrapped 'round him, his arms and all, and whooping him with its tail.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
3
Nobody spares a rattlesnake, however much they might wish to let an innocent coachwhip or a common gartersnake get away.
The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island
4
He had been finely striped from nape to knees with something like a coachwhip, the weals crisscrossing neatly like hemstitching.
Outlander
5
Its head was raised the way coachwhips do while they're hunting mice and other prey.
Anthill: a novel
Coachwhip through the time