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scink


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scink  \Scink\,  n. 
  A  slunk  calf.  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scink  \Scink\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  skink. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skink  \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.