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.

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  In earlier use only as the generic name.

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[1681.  Grew, Musæum, 46.

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1753.  Chambers’ Cycl., Suppl., s.v. Cordylus.

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1838.  Penny Cycl., XII. 441.

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1840.  Cuvier’s Anim. Kingd., 275.]

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1860.  Tristram, Gt. Sahara, 406. Uromastix Spinipes, Geoff.; the dabb (common uromastyx).

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