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 pluralUsage: capitalized
: a cosmopolitan family of pleurodont lizards (section Scincomorpha) comprising the skinks
Useful english dictionary. 2012.