1 -mastix | Definition of -mastix
-mas·​tix | \ ¦mastiks\

Definition of -mastix

1 plural -es : attacker of a (specified) person or thing Latinomastix

2 [ New Latin, from Greek mastig-, mastix ]

a : one having (such) a whip in generic names in zoology Uromastix
b : one having (such) a flagellum or (such or so many) flagella in generic names in zoology Chilomastix

History and Etymology for -mastix

Greek mastig-, mastix whip, scourge

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