Skink

Definition: Skink

Skink

Noun

1. 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.

Specialty Definition: Skink

Domain	Definition
Slang in 1811	SKINK. To skink, is to wait on the company, ring the bell, stir the fire, and snuff the candles; the duty of the youngest officer in the military mess. See BOOTS. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Skink

Synonyms: scincid (n), scincid lizard (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Skink

English words defined with "skink": mountain skink ♦ Sand skink, Scincoidea, Scincoidian, Scink, Skinked, Skinking ♦ western skink. (references)

Etymologies containing "skink": Nunchion. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Skink" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Turkish (skink).

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Commercial Usage: Skink

Domain	Title
Books	Ontogeny and adult morphology of the skull of the South African skink, Mabuya capensis (Gray) (reference) The Mighty Skink (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: Skink

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Photo Album: Skink

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Section Patrol boat base at Lockwood's Basin, circa 1918, with USS Moosehead (ID # 2047) alongside the pier in the right background. Among the patrol boats present are USS Skink (SP-605), in the left foreground, and USS Alacrity (SP-206) behind her. Note Sailor sentry at the extreme right. Photographed by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston. Credit: NAVY.		Probably photographed shortly before she was taken over by the Navy. She was commissioned on 13 June 1917 as USS Skink (SP-605) and was returned to her owner on 24 February 1919. Credit: NAVY.
	Underway, probably shortly before she was taken over by the Navy. She was commissioned on 13 June 1917 as USS Skink (SP-605) and was returned to her owner on 24 February 1919. Credit: NAVY.
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Usage Frequency: Skink

"Skink" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Skink" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	7	133,076

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Skink

Expressions using "skink": mountain skink ♦ sand skink ♦ western skink. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Skink

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
skink	82	broadhead skink	4
blue tongue skink	27	prehensile tailed skink	4
five lined skink	26	berber skink	4
blue tongued skink	26	prairie skink southern	4
blue tailed skink	19	fire skink true	3
ground skink	12	crocodile skink	3
skink lizard	11	northern prairie skink	3
schneider skink	9	five lined skink southeastern	3
fire skink	9	coal northern skink	3
shingleback skink	8	bermuda skink	3
broad headed skink	7	5 lined skink	3
coal skink southern	6	care rainbow skink	3
schneiders skink	6	blue care skink tongue	3
blue tounge skink	5	skink western	3
blue tounged skink	5	broadheaded skink	3
picture skink	5	sandfish skink	2
blue skink tail	4	blue skink	2
monkey tail skink	4	care five lined skink	2
cullen skink	4	care skink	2
monkey tailed skink	4	blue photo skink tongue	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Skink

Language		Translations for "skink"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		reuzenskink van de Salomonseilanden (prehensile-tailed skink, Tiliquine skink). (various references)

French		scinque géant des Salomon (prehensile-tailed skink, Tiliquine skink), tiliquiné (prehensile-tailed skink, Tiliquine skink). (various references)

German		Wickelschwanz-Skink (prehensile-tailed skink, Tiliquine skink), Riesenskink der Salomonsinseln (prehensile-tailed skink, Tiliquine skink). (various references)

Pig Latin		inkskay

Spanish		escinco. (various references)

Thai		จิ้งเหลน. (various references)

Turkish		skink, kum kertenkelesi. (various references)

Ukrainian		напій (beverage, drink, liquor, tipple), питво (tipple). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Skink

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Corucia zebrata. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Skink

Derivations
	Words beginning with "skink": skinked, skinker, skinkers, skinking, skinks. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Skink" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eskin, oskin, scank, Schinke, scinc, scinn, sconk, shink, sinkt, skank, skanky, skek, skenk, skiln, skina, skind, skinn, skinp, skirk, skunky, srink. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Skink

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: kinks.
	Words within the letters "i-k-k-n-s"
	-1 letter: inks, kink, kins, sink, skin.
	-2 letters: ink, ins, kin, sin, ski.
	-3 letters: in, is, si.
	Words containing the letters "i-k-k-n-s"
	+1 letter: skinks.
	+2 letters: kidskin, kipskin, skinked, skinker, unkinks.
	+3 letters: buckskin, kidskins, kinfolks, kinkiest, kinsfolk, kipskins, knickers, kolinski, kolinsky, skinkers, skinking, skinlike, skulking, skunking.
	+4 letters: buckskins, kakiemons, kayakings, kickstand, kinkajous, kinkiness, kookiness, linkworks, nicknacks, sharkskin, snakelike, snakeskin, tsktsking.
	+5 letters: antiknocks, enokidakes, jackknifes, jackknives, kickstands, kilderkins, kingmakers, knackeries, knuckliest, kolinskies, miskicking, pickthanks, sharkskins, skyjacking, skylarking, snakeskins.
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