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Skink
Skink Skink, v. i.
To serve or draw liquor. [Obs.]
Skink
Skink Skink, n.
Drink; also, pottage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
SkinkSkink Skink, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skinked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Skinking.] [Icel. skenja; akin to Sw. sk["a]ka, 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 liquor from a
cask. [root]161. See Shank, and cf. Nunchion.]
To draw or serve, as drink. [Obs.]
Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about. --Chaucer.
Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove. --Shirley. SkinkSkink Skink, n. [L. scincus, Gr. ????.] [Written also
scink.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless
lizards of the family Scincid[ae], common in the warmer
parts of all the continents.
Note: The officinal skink (Scincus officinalis) inhabits
the sandy plains of South Africa. It was believed by
the ancients to be a specific for various diseases. A
common slender species (Seps tridactylus) of Southern
Europe was formerly believed to produce fatal diseases
in cattle by mere contact. The American skinks include
numerous species of the genus Eumeces, as the
blue-tailed skink (E. fasciatus) of the Eastern
United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard
(Oligosoma laterale) inhabits the Southern United
States.
Meaning of Skinks from wikipedia
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various specific lizards.
Skinks look like
lizards of the
family Lacertidae (sometimes
called true lizards), but most
species of
skinks have no
pronounced neck...
- gr****y
patches of
Central Otago, New Zealand.
Otago skinks are
large compared to
other New
Zealand skinks,
growing up to 12
inches (30 cm). They are marked...
-
Variable skink may
denote either of two
different skinks:
Eumeces multivirgatus epipleurotus, the
southern subspecies of the many-lined
skink from North...
-
schist outcrops. Like most
skinks,
grand skinks are
omnivores and feed on a wide
variety of
insects and
fleshy fruits.
Grand skinks are only
found in very...
- (body + tail) of
about 13 to 22 cm (5 to
nearly 9 inches).
Adult prairie skinks are
brown or tan on the back and
darker on the
sides and have
several thin...
- required.
Although Western skinks avoid forests, they are
found in dry
areas within forested areas.
Adult Western skinks have a
broad brown stripe down...
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closest living relatives of C. zebrata are the blue-tongued
skinks of the
genus Tiliqua and
skinks of the
genus Egernia of Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia...
- Blue-tongued
skinks comprise the
Australasian genus Tiliqua,
which contains some of the
largest members of the
skink family (Scincidae). They are commonly...
- The term
striped skink may
refer to any one of
several species of
skinks:
Ctenotus robustus, a comb-eared
skink from
Australia Trachylepis striata or Euprepes...
- The
skinks are a
family of lizards.
Skink may also
refer to:
Skink anti-aircraft tank, a
Canadian World War II
armoured vehicle developed but not put into...
