SKINK


Meaning of SKINK in English

/ skɪŋk; NAmE / noun

a lizard with short legs or with no legs

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: from French scinc or Latin scincus , from Greek skinkos .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.