mastigure

鞭尾晰

发音

/ˈmæstɪɡjʊə(ɹ)/

词形变化

mastigures 复数 mastigures

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

词源

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”).

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