Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scink"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scink \Scink\, n.
A slunk calf. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scink \Scink\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A skink.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skink \Skink\, n. [L. scincus, Gr. ????.] [Written also
{scink}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless
lizards of the family {Scincid[ae]}, common in the warmer
parts of all the continents.
Note: The officinal skink ({Scincus officinalis}) inhabits
the sandy plains of South Africa. It was believed by
the ancients to be a specific for various diseases. A
common slender species ({Seps tridactylus}) of Southern
Europe was formerly believed to produce fatal diseases
in cattle by mere contact. The American skinks include
numerous species of the genus {Eumeces}, as the
blue-tailed skink ({E. fasciatus}) of the Eastern
United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard
({Oligosoma laterale}) inhabits the Southern United
States.
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