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Scincidae

noun

skinks

• Syn: ↑family Scincidae

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sauria, ↑suborder Sauria, ↑Lacertilia, ↑suborder Lacertilia

• Member Meronyms:

↑Scincus, ↑genus Scincus, ↑Scincella, ↑genus Scincella, ↑skink, ↑scincid, ↑scincid lizard, ↑Eumeces, ↑genus Eumeces

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\\ˈskiŋkəˌdē, ˈsinsəˌ-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Scincus, type genus (from Latin, skink) + -idae — more at skink

: a cosmopolitan family of pleurodont lizards (section Scincomorpha) comprising the skinks

Useful english dictionary. 2012.