whiptail
Americannoun
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any of numerous New World lizards of the family Teiidae, especially of the genus Cnemidophorus, characterized by great agility and alertness.
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any of various other whip-tailed animals, as the whipscorpion.
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Origin of whiptail
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For instance, a new study shows the rare Colorado checkered whiptail lizard stress-eats in response to noise.
From National Geographic ● Apr. 25, 2023
Many species of whiptail lizards are all female.
From The Verge ● Jul. 19, 2015
These include unisexual whiptail lizards and deadbeat cassowary moms, which abandon hatchlings to Dad’s care.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2015
But parthenogenic female whiptail lizards can duplicate the chromosomes in their offspring without males.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2014
These findings led scientists to a hypothesis for how these strange species came about: Sometimes individuals from two different species of whiptail lizards interbreed, and their hybrid offspring carry two different sets of chromosomes.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2014
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