western whiptail: active lizard having a network of dusky dark markings; of semiarid areas from Oregon and Idaho to Baja California
whiptail: any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards
rain stick: a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain