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What is a whiptail?

What is a whiptail? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of many New World lizards, of the genus Cnemidophorus, that have long, slender tails.
  2. A fish, the blue grenadier, Macruronus novaezelandiae.
  3. (uncountable) A leaf-distorting disorder in the cauliflower, caused by molybdenum deficiency.
  4. The pretty-faced wallaby.
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For example, the whiptail lizard, which lives in the American Southwest, reproduces parthenogenetically, and their colonies consist mostly of clones of females.
The classic example of the whiptail lizard is given for virgin birth.
More than 40 years ago, Bill Neaves, then a young Ph. D. student, discovered how an all-female, asexual species of the whiptail lizard came to be.
Other investments include Whiptail, Belly, Phunware and Platfora.
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.
Rapid colour changes in multilayer reflecting stripes in the paradise whiptail, Pentapodus paradiseus.

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