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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skink::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | scincid, scincid lizard |
| Type of | lizard |
| Has types | eumeces skiltonianus, eumeces callicephalus, mountain skink, western skink |
Examples of skink
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Flat Island was thought to be the last refuge for the tiny orange-tailed skink.
From the bbc.co.uk
Skink, on the other hand, is a guy who's drawn to what he perceives to be pure.
From the denverpost.com
As it was out in the daylight, it may have been a skink, but I'm not sure.
From the stuff.co.nz
Ants, skink lizards and other invertebrates are already disappearing around Brisbane.
From the newscientist.com
As well as a great many insect species, gecko and skink are commonly found.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There is also a tasty little Scottish number with the tastier-sounding name of cullen skink.
From the jsonline.com
Now skink is generally used to describe any sort of soup in Scotland.
From the jsonline.com
The blue-tongued skink slithered on his stomach, pushed by tiny legs.
From the sacbee.com
Some lizards, like the skink and the gecko, lose their tails easily and regrow new ones fast.
From the usatoday.com
- 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
- Skinks are the most diverse group of lizards. They make up the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae (the "true" or wall lizards). Scincidae is the largest of the lizard families with about 1200 species.
- Clinton Tyree, a.k.a. Skink, is a fictional character who has appeared in several novels by Carl Hiaasen, beginning with Double Whammy in 1987. He is an opponent of sprawl and development, and partakes of roadkill cuisine.
- An lizard of the Scincidae family, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed; to serve (a drink)
- A soup, usually made with fish. See also Cullen skink.
- Any of a family (Scincidae) of typically small insectivorous lizards with long, tapering bodies that eats insects
- A kind of thin, oatmeal-and-water gruel.
- A type of lizard, mostly with no real neck and relatively small legs, like Chavs. They like to crawl out in the day and bask in the sun, like Chavs. During the breeding season many types of skink will exhibit orange markings. Just like Chavs!
- A small lizard with a long body
