mastigure

English

Egyptian mastigure

Wikispecies

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæstɪɡjʊə(ɹ)/

Noun

mastigure (plural mastigures)

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

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