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Definition: Oligosoma laterale
Skink
\Skink\, n. [L. scincus, Gr. ????.] [Written also
scink.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless
lizards of the family
Scincid[ae], common in the warmer
parts of all the continents.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The officinal skink (
Scincus officinalis) inhabits
the sandy plains of South Africa. It was believed by
the ancients to be a specific for various diseases. A
common slender species (
Seps tridactylus) of Southern
Europe was formerly believed to produce fatal diseases
in cattle by mere contact. The American skinks include
numerous species of the genus
Eumeces, as the
blue-tailed skink (
E. fasciatus) of the Eastern
United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard
(
Oligosoma laterale) inhabits the Southern United
States.
[1913 Webster]
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