Scincus
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκίγκος (skínkos), variant of σκίγγος (skíngos).
Proper noun
Scincus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Scincidae – various skinks found in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Scincoidea - order; Scincidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Scincus scincus (sandfish) - type species
Derived terms
- Caledoniscincus
- Cophoscincopus
- Cryptoscincus
- Eremiascincus
- Eroticoscincus
- Geoscincus
- Gnypetoscincus
- Graciliscincus
- Janetaescincus
- Lankascincus
- Lioscincus
- Macroscincus
- Mesoscincus
- Nannoscincus
- Niveoscincus
- Notoscincus
- Ophioscincus
- Pamelaescincus
- Papuascincus
- Parvoscincus
- Phoboscincus
- Saproscincus
- Scincella
- Scincopus
- Simiscincus
- Sirenoscincus
- Tropidoscincus
- Vietnascincus
Further reading
Scincus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Scincus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Scincus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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