scincoid
English
Etymology
Latin scincus a kind of lizard, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος (skíngos), σκίγκος (skínkos), + -oid. Compare skink.
Adjective
scincoid (not comparable)
- (zoology) Of or relating to the family Scincidae, or skinks.
Noun
scincoid (plural scincoids)
- (zoology) A scincoidian.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for scincoid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)