Whiptail can refer to:
* Fish:
** A common name for
Blue grenadier
The blue grenadier (also known as hoki, blue hake, New Zealand whiptail, or whiptail hake, ''Macruronus novaezelandiae'') is a Merlucciidae, merluccid hake of the family (biology), family Merlucciidae found around southern Australia (continent), A ...
, a species of fish in the genus ''Macruronus''
**
Whiptail catfish, a common name for the genus of fish ''Rineloricaria''
* A wide variety of long-tailed, New World lizard species from several genera in the
Teiidae
Teiidae is a family of lacertoidean lizards native to the Americas. Members of this family are generally known as whiptails or racerunners; however, tegus also belong to this family. Teiidae is sister to the Gymnophthalmidae, Gymnopthalmidae, and ...
family; also known as racerunners and jungle runners.
**''
Ameiva'' - jungle runners
**''
Aspidoscelis
''Aspidoscelis'' is a genus of whiptail lizards in the family Teiidae.
Taxonomy
The nomenclature for the genus ''Aspidoscelis'' was published by T.W. Reeder et al. in 2002. Many species that were formerly included in the genus '' Cnemidophorus ...
'' - northern whiptails
**''
Cnemidophorus
''Cnemidophorus'' is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. Species in the genus ''Cnemidophorus'' are commonly referred to as whiptail lizards or racerunners. The genus is native to South America, Central America, and the West Indies.
Tax ...
'' - southern whiptails
**''
Kentropyx'' - spurred whiptails
*
Whiptail (company), a company that builds solid-state data storage systems
* Whiptail (plant disorder)
* "
Whiptail", a 1998
Hugo Award
The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members. The award is administered by th ...
-nominated
science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
short story by
Robert Reed
* Whiptail (comics), a series of recurring adversaries in the comic book series ''
Dynamo 5
Dynamo 5 is a comic book superhero team created by writer Jay Faerber and artist Mahmud A. Asrar, which appears in an eponymous series published by Image Comics. The team first appeared in ''Dynamo 5'' #1 (Jan. 2007). The monthly series end ...
''
* Whiptail (software), in Unix-like shell scripting, a dialog replacement using
Newt
A newt is a salamander in the subfamily Pleurodelinae. The terrestrial juvenile phase is called an eft. Unlike other members of the family Salamandridae, newts are semiaquatic, alternating between aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Not all aqua ...
instead of
ncurses
*
California City Whiptails, a professional baseball team
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