Wiktionary
whiplike
a. Resembling a whip or some aspect of one; long, thin, and flexible.
WordNet
whiplike
adj. having or resembling a flagellum or flagella [syn: flagellate, flagellated]
Usage examples of "whiplike".
There were programmed bacteria of every size and shape, eubacteria, spherical cocci, and spirochetes with their whiplike tails.
The fungoids were extremely swift, and the strike of their whiplike tails could kill.
Uncountable maxillas and mandibles chewed, spurred heelbones ripped, stiletto-sharp phalanges gouged, a whiplike spine with hooked and razored vertebrae slashed me open from abdomen to throat, and my heart was found and torn apart, and thereafter what I could do for the children of St.
And behind all that, tapering off into the distance, was a long, whiplike tail.