eu·me·ces \yüˈmē(ˌ)sēz\noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek eumēkēs tall, long, from eu- + -mēkēs (from mēkos length); akin to Greek makros long — more at meager : a large genus of cosmopolitan diurnal carnivorous lizards (family Scincidae) with opaque scaly eyelids and pterygoid teeth