Lygosoma

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύγος (lúgos, “something bendy, a bendable twig”) +‎ -soma (“body”, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma)), likely named due to the bending or winding posture skinks of this genus can take due to their long bodies.

Coined by British General and naturalist Thomas Hardwicke and by British zoologist John Edward Gray in 1827.

Pronunciation

  • English: enPR: lī′-gə-sō′-mə
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˌlaɪ.ɡəˈsoʊ.mə/
    • Rhymes: -əʊmə

Proper noun

Lygosoma n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Scincidae – the supple skinks or writhing skinks of the Indomalayan realm.

See also

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