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skink - What does it mean?

Definition of 'skink'

English

(wikipedia)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) scinc, from (etyl) scincus, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A lizard of the Scincidae family, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) scencan or (etyl) skenkja.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (Scotland) to serve (a drink)
  • * Shirley
  • Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove.

    Noun

  • (obsolete) drink
  • (obsolete) pottage
  • (Francis Bacon)
    Derived terms
    * Cullen skink (Webster 1913)

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