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mastigium

American

[ma-stij-ee-uhm] / mæˈstɪdʒ i əm /

noun

an extensible, lashlike, anal organ in certain caterpillars.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

mastigia

plural

Etymology

Origin of mastigium

1895–1900; < New Latin < Greek mastīgion, diminutive of mástix whip

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