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skink

1  [skingk]
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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.
Origin:
1580–90; < L scincus < Gk skínkos lizard

skink

2  [skingk]
–verb (used with object) Scot. Dialect.
to serve (a beverage).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME skynken < MD schenken, schinken; c. OE scencan, G schenken
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skink   (skĭngk)   
n.  Any of numerous smooth shiny lizards of the family Scincidae, having a cylindrical body and small or rudimentary legs and living chiefly in temperate and tropical regions.

[Latin scincus, from Greek skinkos.]
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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