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coachwhip snake
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coachwhip snake,
A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis ). [1913 Webster]
" Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence the name." [1913 Webster]
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