Scincus
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek σκίγκος (skínkos), variant of σκίγγος (skíngos).
Proper noun
[edit]Scincus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Scincidae – various skinks found in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (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
[edit]- (genus): Scincus scincus (sandfish) - type species
Derived terms
[edit]- Acritoscincus
- Caledoniscincus
- Carinascincus
- Celatiscincus
- Cophoscincopus
- Cryptoscincus
- Eremiascincus
- Eroticoscincus
- Geoscincus
- Gnypetoscincus
- Graciliscincus
- Harrisoniascincus
- Janetaescincus
- Lankascincus
- Liburnascincus
- Lioscincus
- Macroscincus
- Mesoscincus
- Nannoscincus
- Niveoscincus
- Notoscincus
- Ophioscincus
- Pamelaescincus
- Papuascincus
- Parvoscincus
- Phaeoscincus
- Phoboscincus
- Pygmaeascincus
- Saproscincus
- Scincella
- Scincopus
- Simiscincus
- Sirenoscincus
- Techmarscincus
- Tropidoscincus
- Vietnascincus
Further reading
[edit]
Scincus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Scincus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Scincus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
