skink

¹skink

transitive verb \ˈskiŋk\

Definition of SKINK

chiefly dialect

: to draw, pour out, or serve (drink)

Origin of SKINK

Middle English, from Middle Dutch schenken; akin to Old English scencan to pour out drink and probably to scanca shank

First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with SKINK

blink, brink, chink, clink, dink, drink, fink, gink, ink, jink, kink, link, mink, pink, plink, prink, rink, shrink, sink, slink, stink, swink, sync, think, wink, zinc

²skink

noun

Definition of SKINK

: any of a family (Scincidae) of typically small insectivorous lizards with long tapering bodies

Origin of SKINK

Latin scincus, from Greek skinkos

First Known Use: 1590

skink

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

Broad-headed skink (Plestiodon laticeps).—John H. Gerard—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers

Any of about 1,275 species (family Scincidae) of lizards found throughout the tropics and in temperate regions of North America. Skinks have a cylindrical body, a conical head, and a long, tapering tail. Some species are 26 in. (66 cm) long, but most are under 8 in. (20 cm). Some have small or no limbs and sunken eardrums. Most are ground-dwellers or burrowers; some are arboreal and others semiaquatic. Skinks eat insects and other small invertebrates; large species are herbivorous. Some species lay eggs; others bear live young.