mastigophoric,a.|ˌmæstɪgəˈfɒrɪk| [formed as next + -ic.] = mastigophorous. 1816T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall vi, He would beat his drum in Grub Street, form a mastigophoric corps of his own.1902Webster Suppl., Mastigophoric,..having a lash-like cilium; flagellate;—said of the Flagellata.