Definition of Family Scincidae

1. Noun. Skinks.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Scincidae

family Sarraceniaceae
family Saturniidae
family Satyridae
family Saururaceae
family Saxifragaceae
family Scarabaeidae
family Scaridae
family Scheuchzeriaceae
family Schistosomatidae
family Schizaeaceae
family Schizophyceae
family Schizosaccharomycetaceae
family Sciadopityaceae
family Sciaenidae
family Sciaridae
family Scincidae (current term)
family Sciuridae
family Sclerodermataceae
family Sclerotiniaceae
family Scolopacidae
family Scolytidae
family Scomberesocidae
family Scombresocidae
family Scombridae
family Scorpaenidae
family Scrophulariaceae
family Scutigeridae
family Scyliorhinidae
family Secotiaceae
family Selaginellaceae

Literary usage of Family Scincidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Popular Science News (1902)
"The tail is quite fragile, in this respect resembling the other members of the family Scincidae. The tongue is prehensile and flesh color. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"... Boulenger and Lepidodactylus Fitzinger give new proof for the former existence of this continent. family Scincidae. ..."

3. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"Their habits render them a valuable animal, and they should be free from the molestation so common. family Scincidae. " Skinks. ..."

4. Materials for the study of variation treated with especial regard to by William Bateson (1894)
"... Lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. In several genera of this family the limbs are reduced or absent, differences in this respect being frequent ..."

5. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1905)
"smooth-scaled species of the family Scincidae. Numerous captive specimens of the Harlequin Snake have fed upon the blue- tailed lizard ..."

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