checkered whiptail vs whiptail

checkered whiptail and whiptail both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
checkered whiptail	Yes	No	No	No
whiptail	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, whiptail is a hypernym of checkered whiptail; that is, whiptail is a word with a broader meaning than checkered whiptail:

checkered whiptail: markings are darker and more marked than in western whiptail; from southeastern Colorado to eastern Chihuahua
whiptail: any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards

Other hypernyms of checkered whiptail include whiptail lizard.

checkered whiptail (noun)	whiptail (noun)
markings are darker and more marked than in western whiptail; from southeastern Colorado to eastern Chihuahua	any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards