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单词 scincoid
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scincoidadj.n.

Brit. /ˈsɪŋkɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈsɪŋkɔɪd/
Forms: 1700s– scincoid, 1800s scincoïd.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin scincoides ; Latin Scincus , -oid suffix.
Etymology: In senses A. 1 and B. 1 < scientific Latin scincoides, specific name (G. Shaw 1790: see quot. 1790 for scincoid lizard n. at sense A. 1) < classical Latin scincus skink n.1 + -oīdēs -oid suffix. In senses A. 2 and B. 2 < scientific Latin Scincus, genus name ( L. T. Gronovius Zoophylacii Gronoviani (1763) I. 11, J. N. Laurenti Synopsis reptilium (1768) 55) + -oid suffix; compare Scincoidea (1819 or earlier), now a superfamily name, and Scincoidae (1839 or earlier), former family name. Compare scincoidean adj., scincoidean n.
Zoology.
A. adj.
1. scincoid lizard n. Obsolete the blue-tongued skink, Tiliqua scincoides.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Scincidae > member of genus Tiliqua (blue-tongue)
scincoid lizard1790
scincoid1831
blue-tongued lizard1848
sleepy lizard1883
bluetongue1892
blue-tongued skink1914
1790 Nat. Hist. in J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales App. 242 (heading) The scincoid, or skinc-formed lizard. Lacerta scincoides.
1836 Catal. Mus. Royal Coll. Surgeons III. i. 70 The left ramus of the lower jaw, with the tongue and larynx in situ, of White's Scincoid Lizard (Tiliqua scincoides, Cuv.).
2. Of or relating to lizards of the family Scincidae and allied forms, esp. (in some recent schemes) lizards of the superfamily Scincoidea; characteristic of such lizards.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [adjective] > resembling skink
scincoid1834
scincoidean1840
1834 Lancet 20 Sept. 1025/2 In the males of the lacertine and iguanian and scincoid sauria, the organ of intromission is distinctly double throughout.
1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 459/2 The Lacertian, Iguanian, Anolian, and Scincoid families.
1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds ii. 40 The smooth scales of various Scincoid Lizards.
1925 P. Radin & V. C. C. Collum tr. E. Perrier Earth before Hist. iii. ii. 279 Apart from a few Scincoid Lizards such as the Slow-worm, and several Snakes like Vipers.., the Reptiles of the present epoch lay eggs.
1998 Herpetologica 54 248/1 Calyptommatus and Nothobachia..are nested within the clade that includes species with scincoid scales and immoveable eyelids.
B. n.
1. The blue-tongued skink, Tiliqua scincoides. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Scincidae > member of genus Tiliqua (blue-tongue)
scincoid lizard1790
scincoid1831
blue-tongued lizard1848
sleepy lizard1883
bluetongue1892
blue-tongued skink1914
1831 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IX. 239 White, under the denomination of the scincoïd, has spoken of a reptile of New Holland.
2. A lizard of the family Scincidae or an allied form. Cf. sense A. 2.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Scincidae > member of (skink)
skink1526
scincoidean1831
scincidoid1841
scincoid1841
the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Scincidae > lizard resembling
pseudoskink1608
scincoidean1831
scincoid1841
1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 72/2 Oppel included under his Scincoïds..the Scinks, the genus Seps, the Scheltopusiks, the genus Anguis, and the Orvets.
1865 Nat. Hist. Rev. 5 312 The Scincoids (Scincidæ), the Geckos (Geckotidæ), and the Agamoids (Agamidæ), are the most abundant of these, and are all very numerous in species.
1901 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 194 416 These agamoids have Oriental allies, which the scincoids lack.
2012 R. W. McDiarmid in R. W. McDiarmid et al. Reptile Biodiversity ii. 16/2 Others forage actively (e.g., most gekkotans, lacertiforms, scincoids, anguids, varanids).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1790
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