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Definition of Scincid lizard
1. Noun. Alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide.
Exact synonyms: Scincid, Skink
Generic synonyms: Lizard
Group relationships: Family Scincidae, Scincidae
Specialized synonyms: Eumeces Skiltonianus, Western Skink, Eumeces Callicephalus, Mountain Skink
Generic synonyms: Lizard
Group relationships: Family Scincidae, Scincidae
Specialized synonyms: Eumeces Skiltonianus, Western Skink, Eumeces Callicephalus, Mountain Skink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scincid Lizard
Literary usage of Scincid lizard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aboriginal American Basketry: Studies in a Textile Art Without Machinery by Otis Tufton Mason, Frederick Vernon Coville (1904)
"Color pattern of head and shoulder. 605 53-55. Head-shields of Scincid
lizard .................................... 608 56-58. ..."
2. Herpetology of Porto Rico by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1904)
"HEAD-SHIELDS OF scincid lizard. c«, Chin-shields; d, disk on lower eyelid; c,
ear- opening; /,frontal; fn, ..."
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