skink

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/skɪŋk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(skingk)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
skink1  (skingk),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Reptilesany of numerous lizards of the family Scincidae, common in many regions of the Old and New World, typically having flat, smooth, overlapping scales and comprising terrestrial, arboreal, and fossorial species.
  • Greek skínkos lizard
  • Latin scincus
  • 1580–90

skink2  (skingk),USA pronunciation v.t. [Scot. Dial.]
  1. Scottish Termsto serve (a beverage).
  • Middle Dutch schenken, schinken; cognate with Old English scencan, German schenken
  • Middle English skynken 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
skink /skɪŋk/ n
  1. any lizard of the family Scincidae, commonest in tropical Africa and Asia, having reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with smooth scales
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin scincus a lizard, from Greek skinkos
'skink' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
scincoid - skinking

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