mastigure
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Mastigure — Mas ti*gure, n. [Gr. ma stix, ma stigos, a scourge + ? tail.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several large spiny tailed lizards of the genus {Uromastix}. They inhabit Southern Asia and North Africa. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mastigure — mas·ti·gure … English syllables
mastigure — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌgyu̇(ə)r noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin Mastigura (synonym of Uromastix), from mastig + ura : any of the large spiny tailed herbivorous agamid lizards (genus Uromastix) of southern Asia and northern Africa … Useful english dictionary
Uromastyx — Taxobox name = Uromastyx ITIS|ID=209040|taxon=Uromastyx|year=2008|date=16 September] image width = 250px image caption = Submitted as Uromastyx dispar , though most likely a male U. maliensis regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia … Wikipedia
spiny-tailed lizard — ▪ reptile also called mastigure (Uromastyx), any of more than a dozen species belonging to the lizard family Agamidae. Spiny tailed lizards live in arid and semiarid habitats from northern Africa to India. They are limbed lizards with… … Universalium
