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Definition of Skinks
1. skink [v] - See also: skink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skinks
Literary usage of Skinks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"The skinks are of small or moderate size and usually have smooth—generally shining
scales. The scalation is quite hard as the scales cover bony plates. ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in East Anglia: Founded on that of Forby : with by Walter Rye, Robert Forby (1895)
"The waiter, who brings it in, is not called the skinker, but the Tender, qv *skinks.
Bricks immediately next the skovens or outside ones in a kiln or clamp ..."
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