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mastigophoric

mastigophoric adjective: carrying or wielding a whip.

Adjective

mastigophoric (not comparable)

  1. Carrying or wielding a whip.
    • The remonstraces of Squire Headlong, silence the disputants, but did not mollify the inflexible Galle, nor appease the irritated Nightshade, who secretly resolved that, on his return to London, he would beat his drum in Grub Street, form a mastigophoric corps of his own, and hoist the standard of...1896, Thomas Love Peacock, Headlong Hall and Nightmare Abbey, page 56
  2. Having a flagellum.
    • Mastigophoric infections, including Giardia lamblia and Trichomonas vaginalis, are endemic and common diagnoses even in the higher socioeconomic strata of developed nations.2004, Michael B. Fossel, Cells, Aging, and Human Disease, page 1980

Origin of mastigophoric

From Ancient Greek μαστιγοφόρος (mastigophóros, “whip-bearer, constable”) + -ic. By surface analysis, mastigo- + -phore + -ic.

Questions about mastigophoric

What does mastigophoric mean?
Mastigophoric means carrying or wielding a whip.
What part of speech is mastigophoric?
Mastigophoric is an adjective.

Words near mastigophoric in the dictionary

  1. mastigophobias
  2. mastigophoran
  3. mastigophorans
  4. mastigophore
  5. mastigophores
  6. mastigophoric
  7. mastigophorous
  8. mastigopod
  9. mastigopods
  10. mastigote
  11. mastigotes

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