whiptail
English
Etymology
Noun
whiptail (plural whiptails)
- Any of many New World lizards, of the genus Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., that have long, slender tails.
- A fish, the blue grenadier, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
- 2009 September 10, William J. Broad, “From Deep Pacific, Ugly and Tasty, With a Catch”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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.
- (uncountable) A leaf-distorting disorder in the cauliflower, caused by molybdenum deficiency.
- The pretty-faced wallaby.
- 1977, New Zealand Journal of Zoology (volume 4, number 4, page 409)
- Social status may be less important to red-necked wallabies, which, unlike whiptails, are "essentially solitary" (McEvoy 1970).
- 1977, New Zealand Journal of Zoology (volume 4, number 4, page 409)
Translations
whiptail or Macruronus novaezelandiae
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