1) Adda 2) Scincid
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1) Burrowing lizard 2) Desert lizard 3) French word used in English 4) Gecko cousin 5) Lizard 6) Lizard cousin 7) Lizard that can shed its tail 8) Lizard that may shed its tail 9) Long-tailed lizard 10) Scincid 11) Scincid lizard 12) Shiny lizard 13) Short-legged lizard 14) Short-limbed lizard 15) Small lizard
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Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae and the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1500 described species, the Scincidae are the most diverse family of lizards. Skinks look roughly like true lizards, but most species have no pronounced neck and their legs are relatively small; several genera (e.g., Typhlosaurus) have no limbs at ...
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small north African lizard
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• (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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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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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 bone being supposed to have been used to draw off li...
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Skink intransitive verb To serve or draw liquor. [ Obsolete]
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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. » The officinal skink (
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Skink transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Skinked ;
present participle & verbal noun Skinking .] [ Icelandic
skenja ; akin to Swedish
skäka , Danish
skienke , Anglo-Saxon
scencan , D. & German
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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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Skink is derogatory Black British slang for a white person.
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[
n] - alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales
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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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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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