Look up: Skink

1. skink
   [n] - alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales
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2. Skink
   Skink noun [ Latin scincus , Greek .............] [ Written also scink .] (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidæ , common in the warmer parts of all the continents. &...
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3. Skink
   Skink transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Skinked ; present participle & verbal noun Skinking .] [ Icelandic skenja ; akin to Swedish skäka , Danish skienke
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4. Skink
   Skink intransitive verb To serve or draw liquor. [ Obsolete]
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5. Skink
   Skink noun Drink; also, pottage. [ Obsolete] Bacon.
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6. skink
   To draw or serve, as drink. 'Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about.' (Chaucer) 'Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove.' (Shirley) ... Origin: Icel. Skenja; akin to Sw. Skaka, Dan. Skienke, AS. Scencan, D. & G. Schenken. As. Scencan is usually derived from sceonc, sceanc, shank, a hollow bo...
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7. skink
   scincid noun alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
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8. Skink
   • (n.) Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidae, common in the warmer parts of all the continents. • (v. i.) To serve or draw liquor. • (n.) Drink; also, pottage. • (v. t.) To draw or serve, as drink.
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9. skink
   any of about 1,275 species of lizards, mostly secretive ground dwellers or burrowers, that are represented throughout most of the world but are ... [3 related articles]
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10. Skink
    Skink is derogatory Black British slang for a white person.
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11. Skink
    Skink is derogatory Black British slang for a white person.
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12. Skink
    Skinks is the popular name for the Scincidae family of lizards, comprising about 50 genera with about 750 species. Skinks have a noticeably cylindrical, smooth, shiny body, with a pointed nose and tail. They are found in various biotopes in Africa, Asia, Australia, America and Europe, chiefly living on the ground.
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13. skink
    Lizard of the family Scincidae, a large family of about 700 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. The body is usually long and the legs are reduced. Some skinks are legless and rather snakelike. Many are good burrowers, or can `swim` through sand, like the sandfish genus Scincus of North Africa. Some skin...
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14. Skink
    `Skinks` are the most diverse group of lizards. They make up the family `Scincidae` which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae (the "true" or wall lizards). Scincidae is the second largest of the lizard families (after t...
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