English Explanatory Dictionary

mastigure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.

Pronunciation

/ˈmæstɪɡjʊə(ɹ)/

Word forms

mastigure mastigures

Etymology

From translingual Mastigurus (“genus Uromastyx”), from Ancient Greek μάστιξ (mástix, “a scourge, a whip”) + οὐρά (ourá, “a tail”). Compare Uromastyx. By surface analysis, mastigo- + -ure (“tail”).

Derived words

Bent's mastigure Egyptian mastigure Iranian mastigure Leptien's mastigure Macfadyen's mastigure Mesopotamian mastigure ornate mastigure princely mastigure Schmidt's mastigure Sudan mastigure
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