skink

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verb

ˈskiŋk

skinked; skinking; skinks

transitive verb

chiefly dialectal

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

skink

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noun

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

Example Sentences

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Verb

The mode skinks use to reproduce generally corresponds with their environment. —

Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 11 Apr. 2020 Overall, the study suggests that there is some evolutionary advantage for having green blood that skinks from various habitats all developed over time. —

Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 17 May 2018

Noun

Arnhem Land Gorges skink is a member of the genus Bellatorias, like this lizard. —

Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2020 She’s rescued or inherited dozens of reptiles, including a five-foot western diamondback, a skink and a Gila monster. —

azcentral, 15 Apr. 2021 But there are a few other residents of her studio apartment: a bearded dragon named Baby Pancake, guinea pigs Poppy and Pumpernickel, a newt named Fig, a leopard gecko named Pepper, Peony, a Betta fish, and Patricia, a blue-tongued skink. —

Megan Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2023 Among the museum’s residents is a prehensile-tailed skink named Raven, who was confiscated by authorities in California after an attempt to be smuggled into the country from the Solomon Islands. —

Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2023 But shape isn't everything, as a team of researchers recently discovered while watching hundreds of skink lizards court and spark . —

Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2011 And a blue-tongued skink that was in such bad shape that its eyes had sunk in has gotten better after a veterinarian scraped away the debris and scales that had grown over its eyes and probably had prevented it from seeing, according to Peet. —

Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2022 The researchers found the rear of the skink's tongue was nearly twice as brightly blue and ultraviolet as the tip. —

Charles Choi, Discover Magazine, 8 June 2018 In one case, a female skink was basking with her family when a snake appeared near their crevice. —

Hannah Thomasy, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2022 See More

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