skinked; skinking; skinks
: any of a family (Scincidae) of typically small insectivorous lizards with long tapering bodies
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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
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 June 2024
Snakes evolved from lizard ancestors, of course, but glass lizards, snake lizards, skinks, amphisbaenians and more are all lizards that lost their legs independently of each other.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
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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
In roughly 335 years, about 100 of Australia’s unique plant and animal species have gone extinct, including the Christmas Island forest skink, and about 10 percent of the 320 land mammals known to have lived in Australia when European colonization began.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 June 2024
Snakes evolved from lizard ancestors, of course, but glass lizards, snake lizards, skinks, amphisbaenians and more are all lizards that lost their legs independently of each other.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
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“Skink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skink. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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