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noun
any of numerous lizards of the family Scincidae, common in many regions of the Old and New World, typically having flat, smooth, overlapping scales and comprising terrestrial, arboreal, and fossorial species.
verb (used with object)
Scot. Dialect.
/ skɪŋk /
noun
any lizard of the family Scincidae, commonest in tropical Africa and Asia, having reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with smooth scales
scincoid
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Word History and Origins
Origin of skink1
1580–90;
< Latin scincus < Greek skínkos lizard
Origin of skink2
1350–1400; Middle English skynken < Middle Dutch schenken, schinken; cognate with Old English scencan, German schenken
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Word History and Origins
Origin of skink1
C16: from Latin scincus a lizard, from Greek skinkos