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‖ uroˈmastix Zool.
[mod.L.: see uro-2 and -mastix.]
One or other species of a genus (Uromastix) of thorn-tailed, agamoid ground-lizards, native to parts of the Old World and Australia.
In earlier use only as the generic name.
[1681Grew Musæum 46. 1753 Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Cordylus. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 441. 1840 Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 275.] 1860Tristram Gt. Sahara 406 Uromastix Spinipes, Geoff.; the dabb (common uromastyx). |