Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling a skink; related or belonging to the Scincidæ; scinciform.
- noun A member of the Scincidæ in a broad sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the family
Scincidæ , or skinks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Of or relating to the family Scincidae, or
skinks . - noun zoology A scincoidian.
Etymologies
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Latin scincus a kind of lizard (from Ancient Greek) + -oid. Compare skink.
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Examples
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EH (1935) A taxonomic study of the cosmopolitan scincoid lizards of the genus
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Matthew C. Brandley et al. 2010
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