Skink (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The skink's ability to move quickly allowed it to evade predators in the dense tropical underbrush.
- While exploring the rainforest, we came across a colorful skink scurrying across a damp rock.
- The biologist carefully captured the skink and examined its shiny scales before releasing it back into the wild.
- In tropical regions, skinks can often be found near bodies of water, where the moisture is plentiful.
- A skink darted across the forest floor, its elongated body weaving in and out of the leaf litter.