whip-tailed

[hwip-teyld, wip-]

adjective

1. having a long, slender tail tails like a whip.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whip-tailed¹

whip + tail ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Mr. Penadés-Suay doubts competition would be enough of a motive given the risks involved in taking on a big, whip-tailed shark.

From New York Times

The genus Thelyphonus is not uncommon in the South, and is known by its oblong body, ending usually with a long, slender, many-jointed filament, from which they are called Whip-tailed Scorpions.

From Project Gutenberg

Cnemidophorus gularis Baird and Girard: Whip-tailed Lizard.—At both camps we found this species in the same general habitat in which Holbrookia occurred, but in numbers decidedly fewer than the latter.

From Project Gutenberg