mastigure

noun

mas·​ti·​gure

plural -s

: any of the large spiny-tailed herbivorous agamid lizards (genus Uromastix) of southern Asia and northern Africa

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Mastigura (synonym of Uromastix), from mastig- + -ura

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