单词 | scincoid |
释义 | scincoidadj.n. Zoology. A. adj. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.n.1790 |
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