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Definition of Skinks

Skink
Skink Skink, v. i. To serve or draw liquor. [Obs.]
Skink
Skink Skink, n. Drink; also, pottage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Skink
Skink 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.
Skink
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.

Meaning of Skinks from wikipedia

- subarctic regions. Skinks look like lizards of the family Lacertidae (sometimes called true lizards), but most species of skinks have no pronounced neck...
- required. Although Western skinks avoid forests, they are found in dry areas within forested areas. Adult Western skinks have a broad brown stripe down...
- litter. Broad-headed skinks are pre**** on by a variety of organisms including carnivorous birds, larger reptiles, and mammals. Skinks prefer to flee by climbing...
- Variable skink may denote either of two different skinks: Eumeces multivirgatus epipleurotus, the southern subspecies of the many-lined skink from North...
- (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...
- Blue-tongued skinks comprise the Australasian genus Tiliqua, which contains some of the largest members of the skink family (Scincidae). They are commonly...
- fire skink, they are closer to some other Asian skinks, resulting in their move to Mochlus. The fire skink is not closely related to other skinks and belongs...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...