yüˈmē(ˌ)sēz noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek eumēkēs tall, long, from eu- + -mēkēs (from mēkos length); akin to Greek makros long — more at meager
: a large genus of cosmopolitan diurnal carnivorous lizards (family Scincidae) with opaque scaly eyelids and pterygoid teeth