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skink

skink [ skingk ] (plural skinks)


noun 
Definition:
 
small smooth insect-eating lizard: a small smooth insect-eating lizard with a long thin body and small limbs. It lives in temperate and tropical regions, especially in Asia and Africa. Family Scincidae.

[Late 16th century. Via Latin scincus< Greek skigkos]
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