whiptail vs teiid

whiptail and teiid both are nouns.

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

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

whiptail: any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards
teiid: tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail

Other hypernyms of whiptail include teiid lizard.

whiptail (noun)	teiid (noun)
any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards	tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail