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n. - Alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales.

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Usage examples (38)
  • HANNA: A skink is a lizard, but it's a prehensile tail.
  • But the idea of skink control in a space as large as a ladies 'room is frightening.
  • Mcz: Oh, and one of the things I noticed about the skink was the concrete.
  • My left hand is once again tightening on the skink.
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