Skink

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  • noun. Any of numerous lizards of the family Scincidae, having a smooth shiny body and large scales on the head, and in some species, small or rudimentary legs.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A scincoid lizard; any member of the family Scincidæ in a broad sense, as the adda, Scincus officinalis, to which the name probably first attached.
  • noun. Drink; any liquor used as a beverage.
  • noun. A skinker. See the quotation.
  • noun. A shin-bone of beef; also, soup made with a shin of beef or other sinewy parts.
  • To draw or pour out (liquor); serve for drinking; offer or present (drink, etc.).
  • To fill with liquor; pour liquor into.
  • To draw, pour out, or serve liquor or drink.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Drink; also, pottage.
  • noun. Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidæ, common in the warmer parts of all the continents.
  • transitive verb. To draw or serve, as drink.
  • intransitive verb. To serve or draw liquor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A lizard of the Scincidae family, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed.
  • verb. to serve (a drink)
  • noun. drink
  • noun. pottage
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. 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
  • Word Usage
    "But the idea of skink control in a space as large as a ladies 'room is frightening."
    Form
    skinked  skinking  
    Hypernym
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    lizard  
    Hyponym
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    Same Context
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    drink