Acontias

noun

Acon·​ti·​as

ə-ˈkän-chē-əs

: a genus of scincoid lizards with the limbs rudimentary or lacking

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek akontias, a snake, from akont-, akōn javelin, dart, from akē point

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