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mastigia

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mas⋅tig⋅i⋅um

  [ma-stij-ee-uhm]
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–noun, plural mas⋅tig⋅i⋅a  [ma-stij-ee-uh] .
an extensible, lashlike, anal organ in certain caterpillars.
Origin:
1895–1900; < NL < Gk mastīgion, dim. of mástix whip
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