mastigure

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mastigure - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mastigure \Mas"ti*gure\, n. [Gr. ma`stix, ma`stigos, a scourge +
     ? tail.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the genus
     Uromastix. They inhabit Southern Asia and North Africa.
     [1913 Webster]