-mastix

noun combining form

-mas·​tix

¦mastiks

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

Word History

Etymology

Greek mastig-, mastix whip, scourge

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