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skink

1 American  
[skingk] / skɪŋk /

noun

  1. any of numerous lizards of the family Scincidae, common in many regions of the Old and New World, typically having flat, smooth, overlapping scales and comprising terrestrial, arboreal, and fossorial species.

skink 2 American  
[skingk] / skɪŋk /

verb (used with object)

Scot. Dialect.

  1. to serve (a beverage).

skink British  
/ skɪŋk /

noun

  1. any lizard of the family Scincidae, commonest in tropical Africa and Asia, having reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with smooth scales

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Etymology

Origin of skink1

1580–90; < Latin scincus < Greek skínkos lizard

Origin of skink2

1350–1400; Middle English skynken < Middle Dutch schenken, schinken; cognate with Old English scencan, German schenken

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