skink
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| —n | |
| any lizard of the family Scincidae, commonest in tropical Africa and Asia, having reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with smooth scalesRelated: scincoid | |
| Related: scincoid | |
| [C16: from Latin scincus a lizard, from Greek skinkos] | |
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skink
1590, from M.Fr. scinc, from L. scincus, from Gk. skinkos, a kind of lizard common in Asia and N.Africa, of unknown origin.
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Some species, such as the five-lined skink, undergo a change in pattern as they mature.
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