ˌs(k)iŋkəˈmȯrfə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Scincus, genus of skinks + -morpha
: a section of the saurian division Autarchoglossa comprising the Scincidae and related families in which the clavicles when present are dilated, the tongue scaly or obliquely plicate, the teeth often perforate and rarely conical or recurved, and the hemipenes usually laminate