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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

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

Anagrams

• sugar mite, sugartime