scincos

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

scincos or -us, i, m., = σκίγκος,

a kind of lizard common in Asia and Africa, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 91; 28, 8, 30, § 119; 32, 5, 16, § 43.